| John Alfred Langford - England - 1862 - 310 pages
...rosy-winged thieves. " Sound of vernal showers, On the twinkling grass, Kain-awaken'd flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass." O poet, how truly hadst thou lived the life and felt the feelings of the poet-bird ! There he is, still... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...heavy-winged thieves. " Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass." Z In the Cloud, by the same poet, the imagery is partly fantastic, partly imaginative, as may be seen... | |
| John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...these heavy winged thieves. Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music...of rapture so divine. Chorus hymeneal, Or triumphal chant, Matched with thine would be all But an empty vaunt — A thing wherein we feel there is some... | |
| George Lillie Craik - English language - 1863 - 564 pages
...these heavy-winged thieves : Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous and clear and fresh, thy music...of rapture so divine. Chorus hymeneal, Or triumphal chant, Matched with thine would be all But! an empty vaunt — A thing wherein we feel there is some... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 pages
...these heavy-winged thieves. Sound of vernal sheers On the twinkling gu.ss, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music...wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow,... | |
| English poetry - 1863 - 438 pages
...these heavy-winged thieves. Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awaken'd flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music...us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine : 1 I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. Chorus... | |
| English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...these heavy-winged thieves. Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awaken'd flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass. Teach us, sprite or bird, I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. Chorus hymeneal... | |
| Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1863 - 298 pages
...soaring ever singest. " Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass. " Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips must flow, The... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...heavy-winged thieve* 12. Sound of vernal showers on the twinkling grass, Rain-awaken'd flowers, all that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass. 13. Teach us, sprite or bird, what sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard praise of love or... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...these heavy-winged thieves. Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass, Rain-awakened flowers, All that ever was Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music...panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. Chorus hymenoeal, Or triumphal chaunt, Matched with thine would be all But an empty vaunt, — A thing wherein... | |
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