 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 170 pages
...gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815
...gay, To haunt; to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815
...To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. VII. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household .motions light and free, And steps of virgin...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,... | |
 | 1861
...think, gladly find some " phantom of delight," simple and guileless, all guiltless of statistics — " A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smile V In this wide world, so manifold, there is of course scope for tastes and pursuits the most... | |
 | 1837
...unseen on the counterpane of our crib, " A ereature not too bright or good For human nature's doily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles ! " What flesh so exquisitely beautiful as wax ! There is a delicacy in that material, to the inexperienced... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820
...gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin...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,... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 741 pages
...way lay. I saw her upon nearer view A spirit yet a wom,an too Her household motions light and frt• And steps of virgin liberty. A countenance in which...Sweet records , promises as sweet. A creature not too brigJit or good For human natures dayly food, Tor transcient sorrows , simple wilen, Praise , blame... | |
 | 1821
...Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin...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,... | |
 | 1820
...Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin...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,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1822
...Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin...Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too blight or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame,... | |
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