 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 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,...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 311 VIII. 0 NIGHTINGALE! thou surely art A Creature of ebullient heart : — These notes of thine —... | |
 | Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - 1819 - 266 pages
...one tyrant instead of many !" CHAPTER XIX. A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller 'twist life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will,...still and bright, With something of an angel light. WORDSWORTH. AT this part of the conversation, Mr. Everard joined the two friends, and, much pleased... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 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,...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 134 IX. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A Creature of a fiery heart : — These notes of thine —... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 478 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,...still, and bright With something of an angel light. But the great distinction and glory of Mr Wordsworth's j poetry, is the intimate converse which it... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 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,...still, and bright 'With something of an angel light. X. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A Creature of a fiery heart : — These notes of thine — they... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1832 - 402 pages
...these shades In gentleness of heart; with gentle hand Touch — for there is a spirit in the woods. IX. SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed...still, and bright With something of an angel light. X. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A Creature of a fiery heart : — These notes of thine — they... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 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,...spirit still, and bright With something of an angel Tight. THY ART BE NATURE. A POET! — He hath put his heart to school. Nor dares to move unpropped... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1833 - 832 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,...still and bright, With something of an angel light. Such is the portrait which is amplified and placed in a hundred new lights in the PURITAN'S GRAVE.... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...Praise, blame, lore, kisses, team and smiles. " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between...planned, To warn, to comfort and command, And yet an angel too, and bright With something of an angel's light." " Beautiful, indeed !" exclaimed Fanny,... | |
 | 1835 - 616 pages
...of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveler betwixt life and death ; The leason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength,...still, and bright With something of an angel light. Shall I say of Wordsworth, that he delights to invest subjects taken from the plain and common life... | |
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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. And now I see with eye serene The... 
