 | 1848 - 500 pages
...Hebrew Ideas of God. 27 To no one better could Wordsworth's fine lines be applied than to her : — " I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A perfect woman,... | |
 | 1848 - 492 pages
...its first impulses." To no one better could Wordsworth's fine lines be applied than to her : — " I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A, perfect woman,... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - 1848 - 414 pages
...practical example of her life, how does it realize to us the exquisite picture of Wordsworth ; We see her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and fre«, And step of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet;... | |
 | Lady Emily Ponsonby - 1848 - 320 pages
...lovely apparition sent To be a moment's ornament. Her eyes, as stars of twilight fair; Like twilights, too, her dusky hair. But all things else about her drawn From May-time's earliest, brightest dawn. A dancing shape — an image gay — To haunt, to startle, to... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1849 - 256 pages
...is able to cheer and bless us in all weathers of life. He has written nothing tenderer or truer — I saw her, upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet. A creature not too... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1849 - 534 pages
...delight. When first she gleam•d upon my sight: A luvely Apparition, sent To be a moment•s ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; Hut all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn : A dancing Shape, an Image... | |
 | Saskatchewan. Department of Education - 1910 - 260 pages
...delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance, in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1988 - 324 pages
...delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilight's,...her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too! Her Children Motherhood came to Rebekah somewhat late in life when Isaac was an aging man. For twenty years... | |
 | Jim Geoghan - 1993 - 92 pages
...lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her...Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright... | |
 | Stephen Bonnycastle - 1996 - 252 pages
...on to theories that aren't useful. I will provide two brief examples of how Vico's paradigm can be A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. This is stage i material; and it is striking that Wordsworth recognizes the ambiguity of stage i —... | |
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She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition , sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the... 
