 The thought first came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we both always feel at the sight of a Butterfly. I told him that I used to chase them a little but that I was afraid of brushing the dust off their wings, and did not catch them —...  Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth - Seite 100von Dorothy Wordsworth - 1925 - 544 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 524 Seiten
...an unlucky thing it was, for he could not escape from those very words. Butterfly : the thought came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we both always felt at the sight of a butterfly. I told him that I used in my childhood to chase them, but was afraid... | |
 | Charles Pebody - 1872 - 458 Seiten
...nearly two years ago. Next morning at breakfast he wrote the poem To a Butterfly .- the thought came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we both always felt at the sight of a butterfly. I told him that I used in my childhood to chase them, but was afraid... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1882 - 422 Seiten
...to a Butterfly. The thought came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we both always felt at the sight of a butterfly. I told him that I used...the \ dust off their wings, and did not catch them. Mr Simpson came in just as he was finishing the poem. After he was gone, I wrote it down, and the other... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1882 - 422 Seiten
...poem, continues : — " While we were at breakfast W. wrote the poem to a Butterfly. The thought came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we both always felt at the sight of a butterfly. I told him that I used to chase them a little, but that I was afraid... | |
 | William Angus Knight - 1889 - 450 Seiten
...sate with his shirt neck unbuttoned, and his waistcoat open while he did it. The thought first came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we both always felt at the sight of a butterfly. I told him that I used to chase them a little, but that I was afraid... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1889 - 284 Seiten
...in her Journal, says: "While we were at breakfast W. wrote the poem to a Butterfly. The thought came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we both always felt at the sight of a butterfly. I told him that I used to chase them a little, but that I was afraid... | |
 | William Angus Knight, William Wordsworth - 1891 - 320 Seiten
...To a Butterfly. The thought came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we both always felt at the sight of a butterfly. I told him that I used...the dust off their wings, and did not catch them." In the thirteenth book of The Prelude there is an allusion to an experience of, childhood, which must... | |
 | William Angus Knight, William Wordsworth - 1891 - 302 Seiten
...love her ! feared to brush The dust from off its wings. the poem, To a Butterfly. The thought came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we both always felt at the sight of a butterfly. I told him that I used to chase them a little, but that I was afraid... | |
 | Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth - 1891 - 266 Seiten
...poem ' To a Butterfly.' The thought came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we always felt at the sight of a butterfly. I told him that I used in my childhood to chase them, but was afraid of brushing the dust off their wings." The exquisite... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1896 - 464 Seiten
...he did it. The thought first came upon him as we were talking about the pleasure we both always felt at the sight of a butterfly. I told him that I used...their wings, and did not catch them. He told me how he used to kill all the white ones when he went to school, because they were Frenchmen. Mr. Simpson... | |
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