| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia), Lucy Aikin - 1826 - Počet stránok 386
...Old age I help to better sight ; I, like camelion, feed on air, And dust to me is dainty fare. IV. We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance and sport and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortals, wouldst thou know the grains That... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - Počet stránok 394
...prejudice you by celebrated names. Judge for yourself." She repeated to them the following lines — " ' We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as nighty. There we dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1837 - Počet stránok 356
...prejudice you by celebrated names. Judge for yourself." She repeated to them the following lines : — " We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortal, would'st thou know the grains That... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1840 - Počet stránok 290
...Old age I help to better sight ; I, like chamelion, feed on air, And dust, to me, is dainty fare. IV. We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortals, wouldst thon know the grains That... | |
| Lydia Maria Child - 1847 - Počet stránok 338
...are connected right, They'll bring a charming science to your sight. RIDDLES. By Mrs. Baibacld. 1. WE are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortal, would'st thou know the grains, That... | |
| 1863 - Počet stránok 404
...the people ; 'Tis in the oyster, but not in the shell; 'Tis in the clapper, but not in the bell. Wo are spirits all in white, On a field as black as night...dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortal ! wouldst thou knowthe grains That... | |
| Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1874 - Počet stránok 488
...night ; Old age I help to better sight ; I, like camelion, feed on air, And dust to me is dainty fare. We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance and sport and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortals, wouldst thou know the grains That... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1874 - Počet stránok 484
...Old age I help to better sight ; I, like camelion, feed on air, And dust to me is dainty fare. IV. We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance and sport and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortals, wouldst thou know the grains That... | |
| Fireside amusements - 1880 - Počet stránok 180
...I'm the heart of all sin, and have long lived in vain, And I ne'er shall be found in the tomb ! 64. We are spirits all in white, On a field as black as...dance, and sport, and play, Changing every changing day : Yet with us is wisdom found, As we move in mystic round. Mortal ! wouldst thou know the grains That... | |
| Anna Letitia Le Breton - 1884 - Počet stránok 246
...the Edgeworths. It is printed in the last part of " Harry and Lucy." The riddle is as follows : — " We are spirits all in white On a field as black as night, There we dance and sport and p'.ay Changing every changing day ; Yet with us is wisdom found As we move in mystic round. Mortal,... | |
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