 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - Bibliography - 1839 - 554 pages
...Shav*. an Imaee eay. To haunt, to startle, *md way-lay. I tate f>er upon nearer rieic, A Spirit, ytt a Woman, too ! Her household motions light and free. And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in ichich dtd meet Street records, promtftf af stctet ; A Creature not loo bright or food For Amman nature'... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...Prom May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...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... | |
 | Women - 1840 - 188 pages
...continued . . 112 " XIII. Missionary Spirit 119 " XIV. Religion 127 Conclusion . .* . . . . . . 147 I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman...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,... | |
 | 1840 - 356 pages
...three and twenty, with a handsome fortune to begin the world with ; and Ellen was just eighteen, with " a countenance, in which did meet Sweet records, promises...good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." Never was there a fitter original... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1840 - 370 pages
...May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. 1799I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too...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 top... | |
 | Gift books - 1843 - 346 pages
...Ellen, to the life, with all her grace and sweetness. She is just the model for an artist or a poet. ' 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.' " Strange what trifles will... | |
 | John Walker Brown - Sunday school literature - 1841 - 170 pages
...WITH THE HIGH AMD SACRED TRUST OP WOMAN'S EDUCATION, THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. I " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...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,... | |
 | 1869 - 406 pages
...1'rom May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles. Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eyes serene... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 740 pages
...them, we may say v the philosophical poet ; " 1 saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman loo ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food. * • « » A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfor1.... | |
 | 1841 - 686 pages
...delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament I saw her, upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin-liberty A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit... | |
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A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; 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. 
