 Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.  Poems, in Two Volumes, - Page 14by William Wordsworth - 1807 - 170 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lucy Hooper - 1842 - 304 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 free And step of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - 1842 - 338 pages
...try each art, reprove each dull delay, Allure to brighter worlds, and lead the way." TO A CHILD. " A dancing shape, — an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death." WORDftWORTH. ALL your thoughts... | |
 | 1843 - 600 pages
...this — her mission upon earth is a holy and important one. The sweetest of living poets has said, I saw her, upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too : Her household motions light and free And Ptep of viigin iiberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - 1843 - 948 pages
...delight, When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. WOBDSWORTH. WE have, in a previous chapter, attempted to describe the romantic and pastoral beauty... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1844 - 376 pages
...first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament. * • • * * A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." That so fair a being should excite the warmest admiration, was not surprising. Perhaps it was not more... | |
 | Life - 1844 - 308 pages
...crowd. IS CHAPTER X. THE INTERVIEW. " She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight, A dancing shape an image gay, To haunt, to startle,...her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet, a woman too! A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles,... | |
 | 1844 - 784 pages
...yet a woman too : Her household motion) light and free And step of virgin liberty ; Д countenance on which did meet Sweet records — promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright nor good For human nature's daily foot!; For transient sorrows — simple wiles — Praiee — blame... | |
 | 1848 - 506 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 1 1- i household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin-liberty ; A countenance4 in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; 1 Apparent —... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...Twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to...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... | |
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