 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 2761848Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 382 pages
...poetry, as in society ; and take the place assigned to us as women — As creatures not too bright or good, For human nature's daily food ; For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles !* We are represented as ruling by our feminine attractions, moral or exterior, the passions and imaginations... | |
 | 1837 - 898 pages
...countrce," and laid there by hands unseen on the counterpane of our crib, " A creature uot too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles 1 " What flesh so exquisitely beautiful as wax ! There is a delicacy in that material, to the inexperienced... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pages
...virgin-liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature uot too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smile«. 134 135 And now I tee, with eye serene, The тегу poise of the machine ; A being breathing... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 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 daily food : For transient sorrow, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. THE VAN1TY OF FAME. As vapours... | |
 | James Gregor Grant - 1838 - 290 pages
...and skill ; VOL. II. B 767461 And though a Spirit yet, and bright With something of an angel's light, A creature not too bright or good, For human nature's...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles ! Wordtworth. CONSTANCE DE MOWBRAY followed with her eye the disappearing Abbess and attendant, until... | |
 | 1870 - 726 pages
...She was " A spirit, yet a woman, too * * * * • A creature not too bright or good For human natnre'i daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles." Our own day and our own literature are not barren in instances of such unions, nor lacking in painful... | |
 | 1839 - 892 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 Th« very pulse of tho machine ; A being breathing thoughtful l.reath,... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1839 - 540 pages
...free, Ami steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which d'nL 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,... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 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,... | |
 | 1839 - 880 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 smile*. " And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful... | |
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