 Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, 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 is man ; soon...  Poems - Page 229de Samuel Rogers - 1822 - 319 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Sir William Jardine - 1835 - 418 pages
...unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy. Yet wert thou...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! ROGERS. THE primary division, or Order, of the Class of Insects, to the illustration of which the... | |
 | John White - 1835 - 170 pages
...fragrant nectar from their cups of gold, There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut in silent ecstasy. Yet wert thou once a worm; a thing...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day. A MOTHER'S INJUNCTION ON PRESENTING HER SON WITH A BIBLE. Remember, love, who gave thee this, When... | |
 | 1835 - 466 pages
...once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare eurth, then wrought a tomb and slept I , And such is m1m, soon from his cell of clay. To burst a seraph in the blaze of day 1"• .The ancients, unaided by the blessed and glorious dawn of Christian revelation, were evidently... | |
 | 1836 - 514 pages
...cups uf gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening-sky, Expand and shut with silent ecatncy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the...thou art, approach, and, with a sigh, Mark where the »mall remains of greatness lie.* There sleeps the dust of Fox, for ever gone : How near the Place... | |
 | 1837 - 474 pages
...destination. The classic Rogers, in his elegant address to the " Papillon," has embodied this idea : — " Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept " On...cell of clay, " To burst a seraph in the blaze of day !"* The ancients, unaided by the blessed and glorious dawn of christian revelation, "were evidently... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1838 - 332 pages
...silent green-wood shade ; These simple joys, that never fail, Shall bind me to my native vale. 208 TO THE BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day 1 209 WRITTEN IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND, SEPTEMBER 2, 1812. BLUE was the loch, the clouds were gone,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ! —Yet wert...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! * At Woburn Abbey. WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. OCTOBER 10, 1806.* WHOE'ER thou art, approach, and,... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pages
...nectar from their cups of gold, There shall thy wings, rich as an evening. sky, Expand and shut in silent ecstasy. Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day. ROGERs. THE BELLE OF THE KALL.— AN EVERYDAY CHARACTER. YEARS — years ago— ere jet my dreams Had... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pages
...Expand and shut with silent eestasy ! —Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept '1> the hare Scotland's Me, That bears the name o' Auld King coil,...day in June, When wearing through the afternoon, Tw ! s At Woburn Abbey. WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. • OCTORER l0, IS06.s WHGE'ER thou art, approach,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 510 pages
...gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening-sky, Expand and shut with silent ecslacy! — Yet wcrt thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth,...WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. OCTOBER 10, 1806.' WHOE'ER Ihou art, approach, and, wilh a sigh, Mark where the small remains of greatness lie.1 There sleeps... | |
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