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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. "
Littell's Living Age - Page 276
1848
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Reginald Dalton, Volume 1

John Gibson Lockhart - 1823 - 364 pages
...free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." " Beautiful verses, truly," quoth Mrs Elizabeth ; " and a beautiful creature she must have been." "...
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The Album, Volume 3

1823 - 474 pages
...free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's...For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, lore, kisses, tears, and smiles. " Beautiful verses, truly," quoth Mrs. Elizabeth ; " and a beautiful...
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Reginald Dalton, Volume 1

John Gibson Lockhart - 1823 - 264 pages
...frer. And steps of virgin liberty; 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 sorrow, simple wiles, Praise, blame, lore, kisses, tears, and smiles.'1 " Beautiful verses truly,"...
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The Etonian, Volume 1

1824 - 446 pages
...free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...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 breath,...
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The Etonian, Volume 1

Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1824 - 446 pages
...free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...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...
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The North American Review, Volume 18

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 478 pages
...free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...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 breath,...
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the ..., Volumes 1-2

Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1826 - 550 pages
...anchored in the still depths of female tenderness. Yet his heroines, though Creatures not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, — For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles, — are by no means homely and uninteresting ; however lowly their lot, there is about them all ' a...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet % Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's...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 breath,...
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The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton, Volume 2

Thomas Hamilton - 1827 - 400 pages
...deserved. She was, in truth, formed after the imagination of the poet : — " A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food, For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. Such were the two most charming women whom I have ever known ; nor was the character of their attraction...
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Elizabeth de Bruce, by the author of Clan-Albin

Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1827 - 1252 pages
...mistress formed of plain household stuff: ' Some creature not too brightly good For human nature's daUy food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and onilea.' " " Really, Mr. Frederick Delancy, you alarm me," said Lady Harriette, looking up with gravity,...
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