 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 232 Seiten
...heart was bursting for joy, still he was none the prouder. A good heart is never proud. WE ABE SEVEN 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 ?" " And where are they, I pray you tell... | |
 | 302 Seiten
...summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life...should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl : Her age was eight, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a cnrl, And clustered round her head.... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 Seiten
...as hawk Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay. WE ARE SEVEN.— Wordsworth. A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death 1 I met a little cottage girl : She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 Seiten
...wert all, And nought beyond, 0 Earth ! F. HEMANS. VIII " WE ARE SEVEN." I met a little cottage-girl ; She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was 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 ;... | |
 | Mrs. Eliza H. Anderson - 1863 - 272 Seiten
...lives here besides you and your mother ? ' ' No,' she said. I thought of the beautiful lines, — . 'A simple child, . . . That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What can it know of death ? ' ' " But they are dead ; those two are dead ; Their spirits are in heaven :... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 Seiten
...heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. 315. WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life...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,... | |
 | Thomas Simpson Birkby - 1864 - 136 Seiten
...upon : and I know not what is equally majestic unless it be man." CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH. 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. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?" " How many ?... | |
 | Easy rhymes - 1864 - 176 Seiten
...children viewing, A morsel of the coarsest fare, As 1 this Peach was doing." MRS. LEICESTER. WE ARE 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. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ? " " How many ?... | |
 | Sarah Stuart Robbins - 1864 - 350 Seiten
...fulness of the joy of life. This, the children could well understand. Life to a child was everything. "A simple child, That lightly draws its breath ; And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? " Death to it is a strange, dark, cold mystery. Life eternal, joyous life, is but the blossoming... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1864 - 384 Seiten
...calling unexpectedly is a better. Now an idea for a leading * *' A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?" WOBDSWORTH. article is worth an editor's ransom. Now it is not worth while to quarrel, because it must... | |
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A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, 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 clustered round her head. She had... 
