THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ! This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. 'Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse ; and with... The Quarterly review - Page 51842Full view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1800 - 240 pages
...shades In gentleness of heart with gentle hand Touch,—— for there is a Spirit in the woods. Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said,...lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This Child I to myself will take, She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of nay own. Myself will to my darling... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...shades ... • In gentleness of heart with gentle hand Touch, for there is a Spirit in the woods. THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said,..." A lovelier Flower On earth was never sown; This ChdW I to myself will take, She shall .be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. • * •' ' ' ,'.'.'.'i... | |
| Lyre - Love poetry, English - 1806 - 204 pages
...whom was characterised by that eccentric enthusiasm which constitutes the charm of his poetry. THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said,...lovelier flower On earth was never sown : This Child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make - A Lady of my own, Her Teacher I myself... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...never ending ; Of serious faith and inward glee ; That was the Song — the Song for me ! 312 IX. THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said,...lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This Child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. " Myself will to my darling... | |
| 1815 - 930 pages
...Shenstone's productions than any of the rest. The following are the first and last verses : " Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, 'a lovelier flower On earth was never seen ; This Child I to myself will take, She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own.' Thus... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...serious faith and inward glee ; That was the Song — the Song for me ! IX. THREE years she grew in siin and shower, Then Nature said, " A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This Child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. " Myself will to my darling... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...never ending ; Of serious faith and inward glee ; That was the Song — the Song for me ! X. THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said,...lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This Child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. Myself will to my darling... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 472 pages
...fancifully extended to the corporeal form, as well as to the character of her pupil. She says, This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. Myself will to ray darling be Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...never ending ; Of serious faith and inward glee ; That was the Song — the Song for me ! XI. THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said,...lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This Child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. Myself will to my darling... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel-light. NATURE'S FAVOURITE. iiiiu) years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said...lovelier flower On earth was never sown; This Child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. Myself will to my darling... | |
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