 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1823 - 264 pages
...way-lay. J saw her upon nearer view, * A Spirit, yet a Woman loo ! Her household motioni light and frer. And steps of virgin liberty; A countenance in which...good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrow, simple wiles, Praise, blame, lore, kisses, tears, and smiles.'1 " Beautiful verses truly,"... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1823 - 380 pages
...about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn : A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, and startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view,...free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance hi which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's... | |
 | 1824 - 446 pages
...Twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time an3 the cheerful fawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle,...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1824 - 446 pages
...Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view A Spirit, yet a Woman tool Her household motions light and free, And steps of...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiled. And now I see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 478 pages
...twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May time and the cheerful dawn. A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle,...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle,...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...Twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle,...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 354 pages
...to remark touching the ancients. womanhood. Under the first I would write Wordsworth's lines — ' A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.' " Under the fair Florentine I would inscribe Byron's lines ; hers being ' The high DamaVbrow,... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 360 pages
...nothing to remark touching the ancients. womanhood. Under the first I would write Wordsworth's lines— ' A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.' " Under the fair Florentine I would inscribe Byron's Hues; hers being ' The high Dama's brow,... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1832 - 260 pages
...to realise two sweet extremes of womanhood. Under the first I would write Wordsworth's lines — 4 A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.' " Under the fair Florentine I would inscribe Byron's lines ; hers being ' The high Dama's... | |
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A countenance in which did meet 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. 
