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
| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...Man.* Mg Heart Leaps Up. The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door. Lucg Grag. Stanza 2. A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? We are Seven. Drink, pretty creature, drink. The Pet Lamb. Until a man might travel twelve stout... | |
| Laura Lee, Martyn Lee - 1992 - 148 pages
...important step towards accepting the reality of the pet's death. Chapter 4 What to tell the children A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And...life in every limb, What should it know of death? William Wordsworth, We are Seven Children and pets Helping children cope with losing a pet Symptoms... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...good old cause Is gone; (1. 12-13) ChER; EnRP; FaBoPV; GTBS; GTBS-P; OBEV; TrGrPo We Are Seven 155 ander, censure (1. 1-4) 156 'But they are dead: those two are dead! Their spirits are in heaven!' 'Twas throwing words... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 pages
...I have none; Today I fetched it from the rock; 100 It is the last of all my flock.' We 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... | |
| United States. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect - 1995 - 302 pages
...Washington, DC Minnesota John Wilson Washington, DC Preston Bruce, Executive Director Washington, DC Sec "A simple child, That lightly draws its breath. And...life in every limb, What should it know of death?" William Wordsworth Table of Contents FOREWORD....... xv MISSION AND COMPOSITION OF THE US ADVISORY... | |
| Judith M. Stillion, Eugene E. McDowell - 1996 - 366 pages
...report on depression research. In Science Reports. Rockville, MD: National Institute of Mental Health. A simple child. That lightly draws its breath And...life in every limb, What should it know of death? Wordsworth New York, June 17, 1992, The New York Times: An 8-year-old boy: "Sometimes when I'm really... | |
| Detlev Gohrbandt - 1998 - 320 pages
...läßt Wordsworth im Epigraph, der ersten Strophe aus seinem »We Are Seven«, selbst zu Wort kommen: A simple child, That lightly draws its breath And...its life in every limb What should it know of death? In Wordsworths Gedicht, einem Lob der weisen Einfalt, besteht ein kleines Mädchen trotz der Einwände... | |
| Edward Larrissy - 1999 - 266 pages
...conventions of culture, including the significance accorded to death: 'A simple child, dear brother Jim, / That lightly draws its breath, / And feels its life in every limb, / What should it know of death?' (lines 1-4). The adult tries unsuccessfully to educate her in the comprehension of death. The implicit... | |
| Peter de Bolla - 2003 - 175 pages
...interrupt the process of my reading. Here is my chosen text: We Are Seven 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... | |
| Dalton Conley, Kate W. Strully, Neil G. Bennett - 2003 - 278 pages
...across generations. Is Biology Destiny? Birth Weight, Infant Mortality, and Educational Achievement A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And...life in every limb, What should it know of death? William Wordsworth, We Are Seven (1798) Improvements in medical technology are forcing many physicians,... | |
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