 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...  The Church of England quarterly review - Page 3231855Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1802 - 308 pages
...flight, Mingling with her them 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 with silent ecstasy! . — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1810 - 394 pages
...flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of Hght; And , where the flowers of Paradise nnfold, Quaff fragrant nectar, from their cups of gold; There shall thy wings, rich as an eveniug sky, Expand and shyt with silent ecstacy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm — a thing that crept... | |
 | 1813 - 458 pages
...flight, Mingled with her thou lov'st in tick's 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 with silent ecstasy ! —Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 260 pages
...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 with silent ecstasy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 276 pages
...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 with silent ecstasy ! —Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...shade. O Fancy, paint not coming days too fair ! Oft for the prospects sprightly May should yield, There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand...—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 from his cell of clay To burst a... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...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...Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb and slept! And snch is man ; soon from bis cell of clay To burst a... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Memory - 1820 - 160 pages
...flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragant nectar from their cups of gold. THE HERMIT. J(3 <l'l,ere shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstacy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1822 - 340 pages
...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 with silent ecstasy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...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 with silent ecstacy ! —Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept... | |
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