 A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller...  Geraldine: A Tale of Conscience - Page 223de Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - 1819Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1839 - 880 pages
...eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will,...foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly plaim'd, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | 1839 - 636 pages
...should have more specimens of female character answering to the beautiful description of Wordsworth : " The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight,...and skill; A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort and command." In one respect, at least, this book differs considerably from other recent... | |
 | 1839 - 892 pages
...Th« very pulse of tho machine ; A being breathing thoughtful l.reath, A traveller between life ami death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance,...foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit si ill , and bright Wiih something of... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1839 - 554 pages
...eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will,...Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect \Voman, nobly planned, To team, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit ttill, and bright With tomtthing... | |
 | 1840 - 188 pages
...eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A being, breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will,...bright With something of an Angel light. WORDSWORTH. WOMAN'S MISSION. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. .... Spirits are not finely touched, But to fine issues. SHAKSPEARE.... | |
 | 1840 - 566 pages
...artificial extravagance of chivalry — the realization of a poet's vision: "A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet...still and bright, With something of an angel light." In no respect is Scott's superiority over ordinary novelists more conspicuous, than in his mode of... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a spirit...still, and bright With something of an angel light. THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, " A lovelier flower On earth was never sown... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will,...foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1840 - 556 pages
...of her own pious and gentle hopes and wishes. CHAPTER XV. "A perfect woman, nobly planned, To wam, to comfort, and command; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." Wo* DS WORTH. THE lustre that was thrown around the voy ge of Columbus, brought the seas into favour.... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1840 - 458 pages
...temperate1 will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, Jl perfect teaman, nobly planned, To warm, to comfort, and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." We cannot conclude this note better then by quoting the follow, ing remarks from a late work of the... | |
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