 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 a rustic, woodland...  Book of poetry for the young - Page 13by Book - 1858 - 104 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Garland - 1847 - 104 pages
...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...head. She had a rustic, woodland air, . And she was \vildly clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; . Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers,... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, That feels its life in ev'ry breath — What shoidd it know of death ? I met a little cottage-girl ; She...she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl, That clustered round her head. She had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1847 - 152 pages
...and its fair blossoming, Be given, my God, to Thee. X- — We are Seven. I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick ' with many a curl, That cluster^ round her head. * Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many ' may you be ?* " How many ?... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 pages
...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 a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | Tales - 1849 - 300 pages
...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 a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Iler eyes wtre... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1803. • Composed iu Loudou i 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 a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 pages
...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 Load. She tad a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | 1852 - 890 pages
...discovered, was placed on the head of his successor, Henry VII." WE ABE SEVEN. I met a little cottage girl : She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick...head. She had a rustic, woodland air. And she was poorly clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 440 pages
...Seven. — — • — 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 said Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic woodland-air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1852 - 360 pages
...night.' CXIII. WE ARE SEVEN. 1. And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? 2. I met a little cottage-girl : She was eight years...thick with many a curl, That cluster'd round her head. 3. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair, Her... | |
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