 | 1839 - 880 ページ
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smile*. " And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful... | |
 | 1840 - 356 ページ
...with " a countenance, in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." Never was there a fitter original for this beautiful description of the poet, than Ellen Fitzhugh ;... | |
 | 1840 - 368 ページ
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient...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,... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1843 - 350 ページ
...grace and sweetness. She is just the model for an artist or a poet. * A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.' " Strange what trifles will suffice to destroy the new-born confidence of a distrustful temper. Leonore... | |
 | 1840 - 188 ページ
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient...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,... | |
 | 1840 - 430 ページ
...countenance, in which did meet Sweet record?, promises as effect; A creature not too bright or goad For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows,...wiles. Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.' Never was there a fitter original for this beautiful description of the poet than Ellen Fitzhugh ;... | |
 | 1841 - 908 ページ
...his rustic charmer with few ideal attractions. His vows were paid to A creature not too britcht or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. Her positive and tangible graces were enough for him. He sought not to exalt them, but only to exhibit... | |
 | 1869 - 406 ページ
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient...wiles. Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eyes serene The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath,... | |
 | John Walker Brown - 1841 - 170 ページ
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet, A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient...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,... | |
 | The Westminster Review January-April 1841 - 1841 - 582 ページ
...borrowing a poetical, and yet faithful description. The happy husband, who— " Sees her in a nearer view, A spirit yet a woman too— A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food," may think of her merely as a part of himself, the complement, as it were, of his own existence. Perhaps... | |
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I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food... 
