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" Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. "
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 81
by William Wordsworth - 1828 - 340 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 138

1873 - 612 pages
...the conditions of such a being as Wordsworth describes when he says : — ' A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet...spirit still, and bright, With something of an angel fight.' We have read this story with unmixed pleasure, and trust it may not be long before Miss Thackeray...
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Poems, in Two Volumes,

William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and .smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A Being...foresight, strength and skill ; A perfect Woman ; nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still,, and bright With something of an...
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Poems,: In Two Volumes,

William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill ; A perfect Woman ; nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 15 The REDBREAST and the BUTTERFLY. Art thou the Bird whom Man loves best, The pious Bird with the...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 311 VIII. 0 NIGHTINGALE! thou surely art A Creature of ebullient heart : — These notes of thine —...
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Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the ..., Volume 1

William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; •- ----...temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, i A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright...
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A Discourse on Religious Education: Delivered at Hingham, May 10, 1818 ...

Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 pages
...of man ; and our feelings are in harmony with the poet when he speaks of *' A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort and command ; And yet...still, and bright With something of an angel light." But man has never regarded woman with respect and true love, except so far as he has regarded her as...
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Geraldine: A Tale of Conscience, Volume 1

Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - 1819 - 266 pages
...one tyrant instead of many !" CHAPTER XIX. A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller 'twist life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will,...still and bright, With something of an angel light. WORDSWORTH. AT this part of the conversation, Mr. Everard joined the two friends, and, much pleased...
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The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 pages
...transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 134 IX. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A Creature of a fiery heart : — These notes of thine —...
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The Etonian

1820 - 696 pages
...transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being...and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce...
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The Etonian, Volume 1

1821 - 410 pages
...transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being...foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an...
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