 | 1841 - 586 ページ
...and natural : we have Human Nature at work in her myriad shapes, — " Creatures not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles ; " — « and all these speaking with the most natural and impassioned tongues ! It is a great evil... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1841 - 988 ページ
...his rustic charmer with few ideal attractions. His vows were paid to A creature not too bright 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... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1841 - 456 ページ
...rustic charmer with few ideal attractions. His vows were paid to A creature not too bright or-good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows,...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... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1841 - 564 ページ
...with few ideal attractions. His vows were paid to 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. Her positive and tangible graces were enough for him. He sought not to exalt them, but only to exhibit... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 740 ページ
...free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food. * • « » A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfor1. and command ; And yet a spirit still,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 ページ
...countree," and laid there by hands unseen on the counterpane of our crib, " A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles !" What flesh so exquisitely beautiful as wax ! There is a delicacy in that material, to the inexperienced... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 ページ
...countree," and laid there by hands unseen on the counterpane of our crib, " A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, hisses, tears, and smiles!" What flesh so exquisitely beautiful as wax! There is a delicacy in that... | |
 | 1842 - 602 ページ
...out of that intimate and hallowed circle of domestic affections, where she is most beautiful— « A creature not too bright and good • For human nature's daily food, «For joys and sorrows, simple wiles, • Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles; «A perfect Woman,... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1843 - 884 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. WORDSWORTH. ON the ensuing morning, anxious to inquire after the health of his fair acquaintance of... | |
 | 1843 - 184 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,... | |
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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... 
