 Who the painter was none may tell,— One whose best was not over well; Hard and dry, it must be confessed, Flat as a rose that has long been pressed; Yet in her cheek the hues are bright, Dainty colors of red and white, And in her slender shape are seen...  Child Life in Colonial Days - Page 111by Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...was a Red-Coat's rapier-thrust! Such is the tale the lady old, Dorothy's daughter's daughter told. Who the painter was none may tell, — One whose best...slender shape are seen Hint and promise of stately mien. Look not on her with eyes of scorn, — Dorothy Q. was a lady born! Ay! since the galloping Normans... | |
 | American essays - 1871 - 798 pages
...was a Red-Coat's rapier-thrust ! Such is the tale the lady old Dorothy's daughter's daughter told. Who the painter was none may tell, — One whose best...slender shape are seen Hint and promise of stately mien. Look not on her with eye of scorn, — Dorothy Q. was a lady born ! Ay! since the galloping Normans... | |
 | American essays - 1888 - 928 pages
...Dorothy Q. applies to the entire category of anonymous paintings belonging to the colonial period : — " Who the painter was none may tell, — One whose best was not over-well ; Hard and dry, it must he confessed, Flat as a rose that has long heen pressed.' ' The quaint... | |
 | 1871 - 970 pages
...was a Red-Coat's rapier-thrust ! Such is the tale the lady old Dorothy's daughter's daughter told. Who the painter was none may tell, — One whose best...pressed ; Yet in her cheek the hues are bright, Dainty coloms of red and white ; And in her slender shape arc seen Hint and promise of stately mien. Look... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 pages
...was a Red-Coat's rapier-thrust! Such is the tele the lady old, Dorothy's daughter's daughter, told. Who the painter was none may tell, — One whose best...slender shape are seen Hint and promise of stately mien. Look not on her with eyes of scorn, — Dorothy Q. was a lady born ! Ay! since the galloping Normans... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...in view — Look! there's a rent the light shines through, Dark with a century's fringe of dust, — Who the painter was none may tell,— One whose best...rose that has long been pressed; Yet in her cheek the hnes are bright, Dainty colors of red and white; And in her slender shape are seen Hint and promise... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...was a Redcoat a rapier-thrust I Kuril is the tale the lady old, Dorothy's daughter's daughter, told. Who the painter was none may tell, — One whose best...slender shape are seen Hint and promise of stately mien. Look not on her with eyes of scorn, — Dorothy Q. was a lady born ! Ay ! since the galloping Normans... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...! Such is the tale the lady old, Dorothy's daughter's daughter, told. Who the painter was none m»y tell, — One whose best was not over well ; Hard...slender shape are seen Hint and promise of stately mien. Look not on her with eyes of scorn, — Dorothy Q. was a lady born ! Ay ! since the galloping Normans... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 588 pages
...daughter, told. Who the painter was none may tell— < )ne «hose best was not over well; Hard ¡mil dry, it must be confessed. Flat as a rose that has...the hues are bright Dainty colors of red and white: Anil in her slender shape are seen Hint and promise of stately mien. Look not on her with eyes of scorn,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1875 - 584 pages
...in view — Look! there's a rent the light shines through, Dark with a century's fringe of dust, — Who the painter was none may tell,— One whose best...it must be confessed. Flat as a rose that has long heen pressed ; Yet in her cheek the hues are bright, Dainty colors of red and white; And in her slender... | |
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