 | 1873 - 612 pages
...conditions of such a being as Wordsworth describes when he says : — ' A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright, With something of an angel fight.' We have read this story with unmixed pleasure, and trust it may not be... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the chearful Dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to...command; And yet a Spirit still,, and bright With something of an angel li^ht. 15 The REDBREAST and the BUTTERFLY. Art thoa the Bird whom Man loves best.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the chearful Dawn j A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle,...and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. 15 The REDBREAST and the BUTTERFLY. Art thou the Bird whom Man loves best,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. 311 VIII. 0 NIGHTINGALE! thou surely art A Creature of ebullient heart... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, i A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. >- • VIII. 0 NIGHTINGALE! thou surely art A Creature of ebullient heart... | |
 | Andrews Norton - Religious education - 1818 - 1164 pages
...; and our feelings are in harmony with the poet when he speaks of *' A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." But man has never regarded woman with respect and true love, except so... | |
 | Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - Conversion - 1819 - 266 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill: A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command. And yet a spirit still and bright, With something of an angel light. WORDSWORTH. AT this part of the conversation, Mr. Everard joined the two... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. 134 IX. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A Creature of a fiery heart :... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1843 - 706 pages
...eyes ? She recalls one of whom an English poet so beautifully sings ; " A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." Again do we thank the author for this fine picture of feminine excellence,... | |
 | Anna Garlin Spencer - Families - 1923 - 338 pages
...blessed ; Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates." — PROVERBS. "A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller...command ; And yet a spirit still and bright, With something of an angel light." — WORDSWORTH. "Yet in herself she dwelleth not, Although no home were... | |
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And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller... 
