 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 Microcosm: Or, Little World of Home - Page 1801835Full view - About this book
 | Forest Hill - 1846 - 920 pages
...saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too! ***** 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. WORDSWORTH. THEY were in the Rue Ponthieu, a long, narrow, unfinished street, then without side walks;... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pages
...charmer with few ideal attractions. His vows were paid to A creature not too bright or 'rood For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. Her positive and tangible graces were enough for him. He sought not to exnlt them, but only to exhibit... | |
 | Wilton - 1846 - 298 pages
...apparition sent " To be a moment's ornament. • * * " A creature not too bright or good " For human nature's daily food " For transient sorrows, simple..." Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. • • » " A perfect woman—nobly planned, " To warn, to comfort, and command; " And yet a spirit,... | |
 | 1847 - 876 pages
...the lingering hours till night." OLD MAIDS. OR KATE WILSON'S MORNING VISIT. BY KNNA DUVAL. And now I see with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveler between life ami death ; The reason firm, the temperale will. Kndurance, foresight, strength and skill... | |
 | 1847 - 640 pages
...woman that ever dawned on poet's brain. Stella was — " A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." » * * * " A being breathing thoughtful breath ; A traveller betwixt life and death ; A perfect woman,... | |
 | 1847 - 910 pages
...ОУЛ and dear to the homes which they bless ;— u . _ creatures not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise blame, love, kisses, tears and simlcs. ^iiíto a wandering little girl, whoso shall the earth, and making ;a U t ^»Р» »e ^ЫОп... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - 1848 - 414 pages
...food; For transient sorrow, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and tmilw. And now we see with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveler between life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill:... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1849 - 256 pages
...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. I have been amused in tracing back the pedigree of this description. First conies our excellent friend... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 pages
...those around her. Such was Nina Grey : — "A creature not too bright or good For 1 1 1 1 ui ;; ! i nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." . It was an evening or two after my arrival at General Grey's. The young people were preparing for... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...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...blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. " And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller... | |
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