 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1826 - 386 pages
...Old age I help to better sight ; I, like camelion, feed on air, And dust to me is dainty fare. IV. We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance and sport and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortals, wouldst thou know the grains That... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - 394 pages
...prejudice you by celebrated names. Judge for yourself." She repeated to them the following lines — " ' We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as nighty. There we dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1837 - 356 pages
...prejudice you by celebrated names. Judge for yourself." She repeated to them the following lines : — " We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortal, would'st thou know the grains That... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1840 - 290 pages
...Old age I help to better sight ; I, like chamelion, feed on air, And dust, to me, is dainty fare. IV. We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortals, wouldst thon know the grains That... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1847 - 338 pages
...are connected right, They'll bring a charming science to your sight. RIDDLES. By Mrs. Baibacld. 1. WE are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortal, would'st thou know the grains, That... | |
 | 1863 - 404 pages
...the people ; 'Tis in the oyster, but not in the shell; 'Tis in the clapper, but not in the bell. Wo are spirits all in white, On a field as black as night...dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortal ! wouldst thou knowthe grains That... | |
 | Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1874 - 488 pages
...night ; Old age I help to better sight ; I, like camelion, feed on air, And dust to me is dainty fare. We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance and sport and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortals, wouldst thou know the grains That... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1874 - 484 pages
...Old age I help to better sight ; I, like camelion, feed on air, And dust to me is dainty fare. IV. We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance and sport and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortals, wouldst thou know the grains That... | |
 | Fireside amusements - 1880 - 180 pages
...I'm the heart of all sin, and have long lived in vain, And I ne'er shall be found in the tomb ! 64. We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortal ! wouldst thou know the grains That... | |
 | Anna Letitia Le Breton - 1884 - 246 pages
...the Edgeworths. It is printed in the last part of " Harry and Lucy." The riddle is as follows : — " We are spirits all in white On a field as black as night, There we dance and sport and p'.ay Changing every changing day ; Yet with us is wisdom found As we move in mystic round. Mortal,... | |
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Mortals, wouldst thou know the grains That Ceres heaps on Libya's plains, Or leaves that yellow Autumn strews, Or the stars that Herschel views, Or find how many drops would drain The wide-scooped bosom of the main, Or measure central depths... 
