 Birds in the bower, and lambs in the green field, Could they have known her, would have loved; methought Her very presence such a sweetness breathed, That flowers, and trees, and even the silent hills, And everything she looked on, should have had An...  Jane Frances Russell Firth: A Memory - Page 117by Abraham Firth - 1885 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
 | University magazine - 1850 - 794 pages
...Could they have known her, would have loved ; methought Her very presence such a sweetness breathed, That flowers, and trees, and even the silent hills,...creatures. God delights In such a being ; for her common thought) Are piety, her life is gratitude." How inexpressibly delightful is this portraiture! Ah, it... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1850 - 412 pages
...presence such a sweetness breathed. That flowers, and trees, and even the silent hills, And every thing she looked on, should have had An intimation how she...common thoughts Are piety, her life is gratitude. Even like this maid, before I was called forth From the retirement of my native hills, I loved whate'er... | |
 | 1850 - 544 pages
...a sweetness breathed. That flowers, and trees, and e'en the silent hills, And everything she look'd on, should have had An intimation how she bore herself...common thoughts Are piety, her life is gratitude. ' Even like this maid, before I was call'd forth From the retirement of my native hills, I loved whate'er... | |
 | 1850 - 890 pages
...Could they have known her, would have loved ; methought Her very presence such a sweetness breathed, That flowers, and trees, and even the silent hills,...bore herself Towards them, and to all creatures. God delight» In such a being ; for her common thoughts Are piety, her life is gratitude." How inexpressibly... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...presence such a sweetness breathed, That flowers, and trees, and even the silent hills, And every tiling iam Even like this maid, before I was called forth From the retirement of my native hills, I loved whate'er... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 432 pages
...Could they have known her, would have loved ; methought Her very presence such a sweetness breathed, That flowers and trees, and even the silent hills,...common thoughts Are piety, her life is gratitude. Even like tliis maid, before I was called forth From the retirement of my native hills, I loved whate'er... | |
 | 1855 - 234 pages
...a sweetness breathed, methought That flowers and trees, and even the silent birds, And every thing she looked on, should have had An intimation how she...common thoughts Are piety, her life is gratitude." As another general remark, we may say, that scattered through the poet's writings are many lovely portraitures... | |
 | 1863 - 990 pages
...attuned By her benign simplicity of life." " Methought Her very presence such a sweetness bringing, That flowers and trees, and even the silent hills,...such a being, for her common thoughts Are piety, her ufe is gratitude." This gracious character exercised a wholesome influence over the poet's mind, and... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 382 pages
...presence such a sweetness breathed, That flowers, and trees, and even the silent hills, And every thing she looked on, should have had An intimation how she...common thoughts Are piety, her life is gratitude. Even like this maid, before I was called forth From the retirement of my native hills, I loved whate'er... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1870 - 382 pages
...presence such a sweetness breathed, That flowers, and trees, and even the silent hills, And every thing she looked on, should have had An intimation how she...common thoughts Are piety, her life is gratitude. Even like this maid, before I was called forth. From the retirement of my native hills, I loved whate'er... | |
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