 | William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 pages
...man can sell ! " Proud creature was she the next day. Tha little orphan, Alice Fell ! WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And...said ; , Her hair was thick with many a curl That cluster'd round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air. And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...Methought the polished Scissors blushed To have said so much, — and all was hushed. WE ARE SEVEN. - A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And...know of death ? I met a little cottage girl ; She was ftight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl, That clustered round her head. She... | |
 | Book - 1858 - 124 pages
...feels its life in ev'ry breath — 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 cluster'd round her head. She had" a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1858 - 184 pages
...Sometimes a long dash, or a succession of dots, is used instead of the stars; as, L il M y for Lord Murray. A simple child, .* That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, — "WTiat should it know of death ? There are three marks termed accents, — the Acute ( '), the... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1858 - 108 pages
...SAMPSON Low, SON, & Co., 47 LUDG.ATE HILL. 1858. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSRYDAL MOUNT . . WE ARE SEVEN. " / met a little cottage girl — She was eight years old, she said" " And, in the churchyard cottage, 1 Dwell near them with my mother " . " / take my little porringer,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 202 pages
...sleep and 'when we wake; his praise shall dwell continually upon our lips, -s XLIL — WE AEE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And...old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl, She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair; Her beauty... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1859 - 114 pages
...ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM THOMAS, EDMUND EVANS, JAMES COOPER, THOMAS BOLTON, AND SV SLADER. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And...cottage girl — She was eight years old, she said ; i Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air,... | |
 | George Watson (publisher.) - 1859 - 172 pages
...Ee-lieved Church'-yard Knit Maid'-en Sis'-ters Spir'-its 'Ker'-chief Won'-der-ing Con'-way Throw'-ing I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old,...thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?" " How many ? seven in all," she said, And... | |
 | George Watson (publisher.) - 1859 - 152 pages
...Knit Spir'-its Con' -way Sun'-set Por'-rin-ger Moan'-ing Ee-lieved' Maid'-en 'Ker'-chief Throw'-ing I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old,...thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?" " How many ? seven in all," she said, And... | |
 | Children - 1859 - 198 pages
...last Will drive that Dove away. HYMNS FOB LITTLE CHILDREN. WE AEE SEVEN. I MET a little cottage-girl ; She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That cluster'd round her head. She had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair,... | |
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She had a rustic, woodlai.d air, And she was wildly clad; Her eyes were fair, and very fair; — Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be? " " How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me. 
