 THREE years she grew in sun and shower; Then Nature said, ( A lovelier flower On earth was never sown: This child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. ' Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse : and with...  Selections from Wordsworth - Page 52by William Wordsworth, William Angus Knight - 1888 - 309 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...never sown ; This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. " Myself will, to my darling, be Both law and impulse : and with me The girl, on rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power, To kindle... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty : A countenance in which did meet :w^-— s=***• The girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven,...glee across the lawn Or up the mountain springs ; And ners shall be the breathing balui, And hers the silence and the calm Of mute insensate things. The... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...never sown : This child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. ' Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse:...and plain In earth and heaven, in glade and bower To kindle or restrain. Shall feel an overseeing power ' She shall be sportive as the fawn That wild... | |
 | 1863 - 438 pages
...never sown : This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. ' Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse...glee across the lawn Or up the mountain springs ; And her's shall be the breathing balm, And her's the silence and the calm Of mute insensate things. ' The... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...never sown; This child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. " Myself will, to my darling, be Both law and impulse: and with me The girl, on rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power, To kindle... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1864 - 358 pages
...child I to myself will take, She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own! Myself will to the darling be Both law and impulse : and with me The...Shall feel an overseeing power, To kindle or restrain. Phe shall be sportive as the Awn, That wild with glee across the lawn Or up the mountain springs ;... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...virtue safely cannot sit where vice is enthroned for wit. W. HABINGTON 282 THE EDUCATION OF NATURE SHE shall be sportive as the fawn that wild with glee across the lawn or up the mountain springs ; and her's shall be the breathing balm, and her's the silence and the calm of mute insensate things. The... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1864 - 770 pages
...affecting composition, THE AF* [Lucy. PW ii. p. 91. This poem contains those most beautiful stanzas — She shall be sportive as the fawn That wild with glee across the lawn Or up the mountain springs ; And her's shall be the breathing balm, And her's the silence and the calm Of mute insensate things. The... | |
 | English poetry - 1865 - 398 pages
...lady of my own. " Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rock or plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall...glee, across the lawn Or up the mountain springs ; And her's shall be the breathing balm, And her's the silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. "... | |
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