 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
 | Marcius Willson - 1860 - 372 pages
...a judge. 6 POTH'-EE, foolish controversy. LESSON XI. WE ARE SEVEN. 1. 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. 2. She had a rustic, woodland air, ( And she was wildly clad; Her face was... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 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,... | |
 | Mourning mother - 1861 - 102 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,... | |
 | 1918 - 684 pages
...In teaching Wordsworth's "We Are Seven," I read the second stanza — 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 — . f giving the impression in the second line that she was not eight years... | |
 | Ray Broadus Browne - 1979 - 504 pages
...thick with mnn-y a JI j E r ci rf curl TTiat clus-tered round her head. 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,... | |
 | L. J. Swingle - 1990 - 318 pages
...male and the other female? The poem's third stanza seems to hint that this may be worth considering: "Her eyes were fair, and very fair; / — Her beauty made me glad" (11-12). The power that a Wordsworth poem exerts over our thought, its ability to tempt us into regions... | |
 | Ray Broadus Browne, Pat Browne - 1991 - 196 pages
...about a little eight year old girl in "We Are Seven," and captures the essence of the beauty mystique: "Her eyes were fair, and very fair;/ Her beauty made me glad." William Blake in his satirical "Proverbs of Hell" includes a classic facist proverb: "He whose face... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 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,... | |
 | Gary Lee Harrison - 1994 - 248 pages
...breath, And feels it* lite in every limb. What should it know of death ? 1 met a little cottage girl : She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a cur! Thar clustered round her hcud. Plate 6: "We Are Seven." John MacWhirter and John Pettie, Wordsworth's... | |
 | Margaret Russett - 1997 - 318 pages
...is she presented as typical of all children. Instead, she has been closely, if partially, observed: Her hair was thick with many a curl That cluster'd...were fair, and very fair, - Her beauty made me glad. (£666:7-12) This abbreviation of the courtly blazon, recalling the "shooting lights/ Of thy wild eyes"... | |
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