 Fair shoulders, curling lip, and dauntless brow — Fit for the world's strife, not for poet's dreaming; .And proud the lifting of thy stately head, And the firm bearing of thy conscious tread.  Sybil Lennard: A Record of Woman's Life - Page 53by Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline) - 1848 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1837 - 638 pages
...last and least ; Nick-named " The Emperor" by thy laughing brothers, Because a haughty spirit swell'd thy breast, And thou didst seek to rule and sway the...playful infant wile A mimic majesty that made us smile : — And oh ! most like a regal child wert thou ! An eye of resolute and successful scheming ; Fair... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pages
...last and least ; Nick-named " the Emperor," by thy laughing brothers, Because a haughty spirit swell'd thy breast, And thou didst seek to rule and sway the...playful infant wile A mimic majesty that made us smile : — And oh ! most like a regal child wert thou ! An eye of resolute and successful scheming ; Fair... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...; Nick-named " the Emperor," by thy laughing brothers, Because a haughty spirit swell'd thy hreast, And thou didst seek to rule and sway the others ;...playful infant wile A mimic majesty that made us smile : — And oh ! most like a regal child wert thou ! An eye of resolute and successful scheming ; Fair... | |
 | 1840 - 808 pages
...thought that love with thee had reach'd its bound. At length THOU earnest; thou, the last and least; And thou didst seek to rule and sway the others ;...playful infant wile A mimic majesty that made us smile :— Nick-named " The Emperor," by thy laughing brothers, Because a haughty spirit swell'd thy breast,... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...; Nicknamed " the Emperor" by thy laughing brothBecause a haughty spirit swell'd thy breast, [era, And thou didst seek to rule and sway the others ;...playful infant wile A mimic majesty that made us smile : And oh ! most like a regal child wert thou ! An eye of resolute and successful scheming ; Fair shoulders,... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...eamest; thou, the last and least; Nicknamed " The Emperor" by thy laughing brothers, Because a haughty spirit swelled thy breast, And thou didst seek to...playful infant wile A mimic majesty that made us smile. And oh ! most like a regal child wert thou ! An eye of resolute and successful scheming ; Fair shoulders—curling... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1841 - 368 pages
...last and least; Nick-named " The Emperor" by thy laughing brothers, Because a haughty spirit swell'd thy breast, And thou didst seek to rule and sway the...playful infant wile A mimic majesty that made us smile: — IX. And oh ! most like a regal child wert thou ! An eye of resolute and successful scheming! Fair... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1841 - 322 pages
...last and least; , Nick-named " The Emperor" by thy laughing brothers, Because a haughty spirit swell'd thy breast, And thou didst seek to rule and sway the others ; Mingling with every playful infant wile IX. And oh ! most like a regal child wert thou ! An eye of resolute and successful scheming ! Fair... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...last and least; Nick-named "The Emperor" by thy laughing brothers, Because a haughty spirit swell'd thy breast, And thou didst seek to rule and sway the...playful infant wile A mimic- majesty that made us smile : And oh ! most like a regal child wert thou ! An eye of resolute and successful scheming ! Fair shoulders... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1846 - 1042 pages
...did Mrs. Devereux consider the characteristic difference between Sybil and her gentle sister Mary. " Because a haughtier spirit swelled thy breast, And...injudicious management. A child of Sybil and Albert Leonard could not fail to inherit amiability of temper, and this in a great measure counteracted and... | |
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