 | 1892 - 626 pages
...figure is Mary Verney, wife of Sir Ralph, in whom we recognise not faintly the ideal of Wordsworth — 'The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight,...and skill, A perfect woman nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command.' ' With one of the sweetest tempers and most cheerful dispositions that ever... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A Being breathing thoughtful breath; A Traveller betwixt life and death } The reason firm, the temperate...foresight, strength and skill ; A perfect Woman ; nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 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, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, i A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate...and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce... | |
 | 1821 - 420 pages
...see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate...foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 446 pages
...see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate...foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | 1824 - 446 pages
...with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, , A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate...foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfdrt, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate...and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; WORDSWORTH. And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...see with eye serene The very pnlae of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath ; A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate...Endurance, foresight, strength and skill; A perfect Woman; nolily plann'd, To warn, to comfort, anil command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, The temperate will,...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,... | |
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... 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 very pulse of the machine ; A being... 
