 A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright...  The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 131by William Wordsworth - 1869 - 704 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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,...command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. 311 VIII. 0 NIGHTINGALE! thou surely art A Creature of ebullient heart... | |
 | Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - Conversion - 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,...and command. And yet a spirit still and bright, With something of an angel light. WORDSWORTH. AT this part of the conversation, Mr. Everard joined the two... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 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,...command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. 134 IX. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A Creature of a fiery heart :... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 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,...command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. But the great distinction and glory of Mr Wordsworth's j poetry, is the... | |
 | 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,...command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright 'With something of an angel light. X. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A Creature of a fiery heart : — These... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1832 - 402 pages
...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 Traveller between...and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. X. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A Creature of a fiery heart : — These... | |
 | 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,...command ; And yet, a spirit, still and bright, With something of an angel light. Such is the portrait which is amplified and placed in a hundred new lights... | |
 | 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,...command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. Shall I say of Wordsworth, that he delights to invest subjects taken from... | |
 | Garland - English poetry - 1836 - 246 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,...command ; And yet a Spirit, still and bright With something of an angel light. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A creature of a fiery heart : — These... | |
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