 A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl : She was eight years old she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had...  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth ... - Page 103by William Wordsworth - 1870 - 568 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...teach the hundredth part Of what from thee I learn. WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath. And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 272 pages
...her cry, " Oh misery ! oh misery ! " O woe is. me ! oh misery !" 53 A simple child, dear brother Jim, 'That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, "What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with 'many a... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...hundredth part Of what from thee I learn. VoL. I. H 2WE AEE SEVEN. . A SIMPLE child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death? I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...Oh misery ! oh misery ! " O woe is me ! oh misery !" WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...Oh misery ! oh misery ! Oh woe is me ! oh misery I" WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And- feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a... | |
 | William Burdon - 1805 - 108 pages
...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 - 1815 - 442 pages
...can sell?" Proud Creature was she the next day, The little Orphan, Alice Fell! 21 IX. WE ARE SEVEN. -A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl: She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...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 breath, And...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 378 pages
...And never looks behind ; And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind. VIII. WE ARE SEVEN. - A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...heaviest loads: to bear; . . ., • .. •- i WE ARE SEVEN.— Southey. A SIMPLE child, dear brother Sim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old, she said, Her hair was thick with many a curl... | |
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