 A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl : She was eight years old she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 3361851Full view - About this book
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...Methought the polished Scissors blushed To have said so much, — and all was hushed. WK ARE SEVEN. - A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And...life in every limb, What should it know of death? I met a little cottage girl ; She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 pages
...for our hero a requiem of fire ! 42. WE ARE SEVEN. — Wordsworth A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath , And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old, she said : Her hair was thick with many a curl... | |
 | Select poetry - 1855 - 80 pages
...freedom and in joy. "WE ARE SEVEN." A SIMPLE child, dear brother Jem, That lightly draws its breath, That feels its life in every limb— What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl ; She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...of the Man.* Lucy Gray. St. 2. The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door. We are Seven. A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? The Pet Lamb. Drink, pretty creature, drink. The Brothers. Until a man might travel twelve stout... | |
 | Sarah Gould - 1856 - 262 pages
...Then shall I be Prepared to see thy ftwi. THE CHILD AT THE TOMB. " A little child, That lightly iraws its breath, And feels its life in every limb — What should it know of death ? " I met one morning a little girl with a half-playful countenance, beaming blue eyes, and sunny locks,... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...through the dreadful sl;ade. ADDISOK WE ABE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, That feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...is the note which Mr. Wordsworth dictated : — "This was composed during my residence at Town-end, Grasmere. Two years at least passed between the writing...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? * " We are Seven," see page 11, ante.' "But it was not so much from the source of animal vivacity... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1857 - 192 pages
...a long dash, or a succession of dots, is used instead of the stars ; as, L d Af y for Lord Murray. A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And...life in every limb, — What should it know of death ? There are three marks termed accents, — the Acute ( '), the Grave ('). and the Circumflex ( A ).... | |
 | 1857 - 300 pages
...teach you to obey His will, Your steps to guide, your hearts to cheer." WE ABE SEVEN. 109 WE AEE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl : She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...everywhere With so much earnestness you do pursue, You'll find, is there." WE ARE SEVEN. BY WORDSWORTH. - A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick, with many a... | |
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