 A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller betwixt 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 next-door neighbours, by the author of 'Temptation'. - Page 215by Caroline Leigh Gascoigne - 1855Full view - About this book
 | 1873 - 612 pages
...Wordsworth describes when he says : — ' A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright, With something of an angel fight.' We have read this story with unmixed pleasure, and trust it may not be long before Miss... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...Endurance, 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 angel li^ht. 15 The REDBREAST and the BUTTERFLY. Art thoa the Bird whom Man loves best. The pious Bird... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, i A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. >- • VIII. 0 NIGHTINGALE! thou surely art A Creature of ebullient heart : — These... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and 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 : — These notes... | |
 | Andrews Norton - Religious education - 1818 - 1164 pages
...in harmony with the poet when he speaks of *' A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." But man has never regarded woman with respect and true love, except so far as he has... | |
 | Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - Conversion - 1819 - 266 pages
...Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill: A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, 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 friends, and,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and 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 : — These notes... | |
 | 1821 - 410 pages
...betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort,...yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce then my third proof from " Ruth :"— " The Youth of green savannahs spake,... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, 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 then my third proof from " Ruth :" — " The Youth of green savannahs spake,... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1843 - 706 pages
...whom an English poet so beautifully sings ; " A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." Again do we thank the author for this fine picture of feminine excellence, in which we... | |
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