 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pagini
...is generally hailed as a sign of continued fine weather. On the butterfly the poet Rogers wrote — Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy I Yet wert thou once a worm — a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb, and slept... | |
 | Gems - 1868 - 194 pagini
...THE HUMMING-BIRD HAWK-MOTH. Ohild of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight., Mingling with her them lov'st in fields of light: And, where the flowers...thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut in silent ecstaoy ! Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the haso earth, then wrought a... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1868 - 340 pagini
...SPENSEB. Child of the snn! pnrsne thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thon lovest in fields of fight, And where the flowers of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant...evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy. — B.OGEBS. Stay near me, do not take thy flight ! A little longer stay in sight ! Much converse do... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pagini
...of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lovest in fields of light, And when the flowers of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar...evening sky," Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ; Yet wcrt thou once a worm — a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb and slept. And... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pagini
...the sun ! pursue tliy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lovest in fields of light, And when the flowers of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar...an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ; Tct wert thou once a worm — a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb and slept.... | |
 | 1868 - 738 pagini
...which you can 'go and do likewise?' Stories of Insect Life, '47 STORIES OF INSECT LIFE. CATERPILLARS. ' CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lovest in fields of light, And where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1869 - 548 pagini
...first a flight divine, And nursed thy infant years with many a strain from heaven! TO THE BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy! —Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb and slept. And such... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1869 - 528 pagini
...first a flight divine, And nursed thy infant years with many a strain from heaven ! TO THE BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent eestasy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb... | |
 | Edward Maitland - 1868 - 334 pagini
...I find Samuel Rogers a poet to my mind. Had he ever seen such butterflies when he sans thus — o ' Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light ; Or where the flowers of Paradise unfold Quaff radiant nectar in their cups of gold : There shall... | |
 | 1871 - 660 pagini
...her royal chariot, if employed in her queenly service. "Child of the twilight! Thy wings shal I now, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy. Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb, and slept! And such... | |
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CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And, where the flowers of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut... 
