 ETHEREAL minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed,...  Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature - Page 313edited by - 1910Full view - About this book
 | Arts - 1852 - 436 pages
...— Thy nest, which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still. To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! That love- prompted strain ('Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond) Thrills not the less the bosom of... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - Country life - 1854 - 584 pages
...? Thy nest, which thou caust drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring...dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine : Type of the wise who soar, but never roam ; True to the kindred points of Heaven... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - Country life - 1854 - 592 pages
...which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! To the laat point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler...dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine : Type of the wise who soar, but never roam ; True to the kindred points of Heaven... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...ground? Thy nest, which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! To the last point of vision and beyond, Mount, daring...independent of the leafy spring. Leave to the nightingale h«r shady wood, — A privacy of glorious light js thine ; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1854 - 432 pages
...singleness, so free ; So humble, yet so ready to rejoice In power of wing and never-wearied voice. To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring...privilege ! to sing All independent of the leafy spring. How would it please old Ocean to partake, With sailors longing for a breeze in vain, The harmony thy... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 588 pages
...and beyond, Mount, daring warbled ; that love-prompted strain ('Twixt thee and thine a never- failing bond) Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain...independent of the leafy spring. Leave to the nightingale the shady wood — A privacy of glorious light is thine, Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood... | |
 | 1854 - 428 pages
...ground ? Thy nesf, which thou canst drop into at will. Those quivering wings composed, and music still ! To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring...that love-prompted strain {-Twixt thee and thine a never- failing bond) Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain ! Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege... | |
 | Food - 1854 - 676 pages
...! Tu the last point of vision, ami beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! that love-prompted strain (Twiit thee and thine a never-failing bond) Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain ! let might'at thou seem, proud privilege! to sing. •VU independent of the leafy Spring. PAUL PRY... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — 0 to abide in the desert with thee ! JAMES Houa. LAUK. To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! that love-prompted strain ("fwixt thee and thine a never-failing bond) Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain ; Yet might'st... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...ground? Thy nest, which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! To the last point of vision and beyond. Mount, daring...dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine ; Type of the wise, who soar, but never roam ; True to the kindred points of heaven... | |
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