 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.  The Works of Sir Henry Taylor - Page 64by Sir Henry Taylor - 1878Full 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,...take, She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of nay own. Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse, and with me The Girl in rock and plain,... | |
 | 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,...shall be mine, and I will make - A Lady of my own, Her Teacher I myself will be, She is my darling ; — and with me The Girl, in rock and plain, In earth... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 472 pages
...are 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,... | |
 | 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...make A Lady of my own. Myself will to my darling be Hoth law and impulse: and with me The (.ill. in rock and plain. In earth and heaven, in glade and bower,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee; That was the Song— the Song for me! THREE yean she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, « A...She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. « My*i If will to my darling be Doth law and impulse : and with me The Girl, in rock and plain, In... | |
 | 1842 - 574 pages
...guide ; And I (as often we find cause, When life is at a weary pause, And we have panted up the hilt Of duty with reluctant will) Be thankful, even tho'...lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This child 1 to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. Myself will to my darling... | |
 | Fashion - 460 pages
...FAVOURITE. Three years she grew in sun and shower, When Nature said : A lovelier flower On earth was naver sown ; This child I to myself will take ; She shall...rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bnwer, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain. She shall be sportive as the Fawn, That... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...— To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said,...will make A lady of my own. Myself will to my darling he Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and... | |
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