 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
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...ground ? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy...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... | |
 | 1865 - 568 pages
...ground / Thy nest which thou canst drop into atwill, Those quivering wings composed, that music still! To the last point of vision, and beyond Mount, daring warbler ! — that 1отеprompted strain — • 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond— Thrills not the less the... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...•*•"' Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or while the wings aspire, are heart and eye To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring...dost pour upon the world a flood Of h-armony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise, who soar, but never roam — True to the kindred points of... | |
 | Nature in literature - 1866 - 132 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...shady wood,— A privacy of glorious light is thine ; 4 26 ENGLISH SCENERY, Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...ground ? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy...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... | |
 | R. C. J. - English poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...ground 2 Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy...dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine ; TyP e °f tne wise who soar, but never roam ; True to the kindred points of... | |
 | James Cundall - 1866 - 554 pages
...continued as the bird circles upward, reaching to so great a height as to be scarcely discernible ' ' 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 mightst thou seem, proud privilege... | |
 | Birds - 1911 - 1002 pages
...Genus—OTOCOKIS Species—ALPESTRIS Nutiunal Association of Audubon Societies l I'ipi-il I .i-ild ISi- 94 "Leave to the Nightingale her shady wood; A privacy of glorious light is ihinc. Whence thou dost pour upon the world a Hood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the... | |
 | 1879 - 1166 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...bond) Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain : Else might'st thou seem, proud privilege ! to sing All independent of the leafy spring. Leave to... | |
 | Max Kaluza - English language - 1911 - 422 pages
...ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at w.ll, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ... Leave to the nightingale her shady wood; A privacy...light is thine, Whence thou dost pour upon the world a Hood x Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise, who soar but never roam — True to... | |
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