 | William Burdon - 1805 - 108 psl.
...teach 'the 'hundredth part Of what from thee I learn. WE ARE SEVEN.. A fimple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What mould it knaw of death ?. I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old, fhe faid ;:. Her hair... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 psl.
...cloak as man can sell !" Proud Creature was she the next da^y, The little Orphan, Alice Fell! IX. f WE ARE SEVEN. * -A SIMPLE child That lightly draws...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? J met a little cottage Girl: She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 psl.
...from before it chasing wantonly The many-coloured images impressed Upon the bosom of a placid lake. dismay. To see, to feel, that dreadful sight : So...They pierced my frame with icy wound. And all that cottage-girl: She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 psl.
...smooth she trips along, And never looks behind ; Aud sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE Child, That lightly draws its breath, And fi-cls ils life in every limb, What should it know of death? I met a little cottage Girl: She was eight... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1832 - 706 psl.
...unb &rubev, fag' an. SSie vieil in Жет jteben, fpred) ft'e, gnitj eiftaiint mid; an. *) W с are seven. A simple child That lightly, draws its breath, And feels its lue in every limb, What should it know of death? I met a little cottage - girl : She was eight years... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 psl.
...care, And halls of marble, huts of earth, All homes alike endeared and fair ! WE ARE SEVEN. WORDSWORTH. A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limh, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl: She was eight years old she said... | |
 | 1842 - 504 psl.
...this rustic lay, Could tell with self-dissatisfaction Quaint stories of the bird's attraction! WE AHE SEVEN. A simple child, That lightly draws...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? l met a little cottage girl : She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl... | |
 | George Ramsay - 1843 - 574 psl.
...no notion either of life or death ; and therefore he can neither desire the one nor fear the other. A simple child That lightly draws its breath, And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? 1 After a time the idea of death arises from witnessing it in animals, and with it comes a notion... | |
 | 1843 - 350 psl.
...part of the land of Judea, and part of Arabia lying contiguous to it. AFFECTING INCIDENT. A little child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its...in every limb What should it know of death? WORDSWORTH. At Smyrna the burial ground of the Armenian, like that of the Moslem, is removed a short... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 psl.
...of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give;And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live! WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And 1. < 1 its life in every limb, What should it know of death! I met a little cottage girl : She was... | |
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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? 
