 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.  The Works of Sir Henry Taylor - Seite 64von Sir Henry Taylor - 1878Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 144 Seiten
...will read the introductory stanzas, but the last is the one I wish you specially to notice: " Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said,...» Both law and impulse; and with me The girl, in rook and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an orerseeing power To kindle,... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - 1867 - 360 Seiten
...sign of life and death, Kingdoms shall shift about, like clouds This child I to myself will tako ; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. * * * * * The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place... | |
 | 1867 - 510 Seiten
...played in sun and shade, Then Percy said — "A lovelier maid At croquet ne'er was seen : This girl I to myself will take, She shall be mine, and I will make For her a croquet green. " She shall be playful as the cat That, wild with glee, upon the mat Or on... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 Seiten
...sun and shower, __ Then Nature said, " A lovelier flower On earth was never seen ; • OAKLAND. 255 This child I to myself -will take ; She shall be mine,...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... | |
 | 1868 - 496 Seiten
...lines as the following : — " Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, a lovlier flower On earth was never sown ; This child I to myself...I will make A lady of my own. " Myself will to my darting; be, Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rook and plain, In earth and heaven, in... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 Seiten
...Thonghts that do ofien lie too deep for tears. LUCY. TUREE years she grow in snn ;mcl shower, Then Natme said, " A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This child I to myself will take, — She shall he mine, and I will make A lady of my own. Myself will to my darling be Both law and impnlse ; and... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 Seiten
...and coloured with the regenerative power of his genius. His greatest work is " The Excursion."] Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said,...to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will mako A Lady of my own. " Myself will, to my darling, be Both law and impulse: and with ma The girl,... | |
 | Christina Catherine Liddell - 1869 - 354 Seiten
...— I have no grief, no ill, no pain, — Why should the darkness merely make me sad ? MARGARET. i. ' Then Nature said, " A lovelier flower On earth was...shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own." ' WORDSWORTH. THE small station of Islesworth sees but little of traffic or travellers. It is situated... | |
 | A. P. A. - 1869 - 226 Seiten
...menial flock ; And oft apart his arms he toss'd, And often mutter'd, ' Lost ! lost ! lost ! ' " 2. " She said : ' A lovelier flower On earth was never sown...shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own.' " 3. " Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks In , where the Etruscan shades High over-arched... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 328 Seiten
...and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. II. LUCY. THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said,...was never sown ; This Child I to myself will take ; 293 She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. " Myself will to my darling be Both law... | |
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