 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 with...  The Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers - Page 205by Samuel Rogers - 1869 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1802 - 308 pages
...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...cell of clay To burst a seraph In the blaze of day I CAPTIVITY. CAG'D in old woods, whose reverend echoes wake When the hern screams along the distant... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1810 - 394 pages
...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 On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb aud slept. ROGER». LES PAPILLONS. ON peut considérer le corps des papillons comme étant divisé... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 276 pages
...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...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY* 77 HOE'EK them art, approach, and, with a sigh, Mark where the small... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 260 pages
...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...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.* WHOE'EH thou art, approach, and, with a sigh, Mark where the small... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...should yield, 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...; soon from his cell of clay To burst a seraph in ihe blaze of day ! ROGERS. H Rain-pouring clouds have darkened all the air, Or snows untimely whitened... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Memory - 1820 - 160 pages
...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...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! THE HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend hermit grew ; The... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...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 snch is man ; soon from bis cell of clay To burst a seraph in the bla»e of day ! Other insects now... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1822 - 340 pages
...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...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. OCTOBER 10, 1806.* WHOE'ER thou art, approach, and, with a sigh, Mark... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...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 On...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day !" " The Epistle to a Friend" is an exquisite piece; quite equal, in general style, to Horace or Pope.... | |
 | Ramses II (King of Egypt), Edward Upham - 1824 - 366 pages
...its 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 tomh and slept ! And such is man ! soon from his cell of clay To shine resplendent in the blaze of... | |
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