 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...  (VIII, 364 p.) - Page 310by Thomas Smith - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Rogers - 1806 - 208 pages
...shrill horn its fearful larum flings! —I wake in horror, and ' dare sleep no more!' TO THE BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And, where the flowm of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 276 pages
...adieu! — Yet still, methinks, you frown on me ; Or never could I fly from you. TO THE BUTTERFLY. 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1816 - 260 pages
...frown on me; '' >ir) Or never could I fly from you. . :• . 'MI.. f\ ,•: i • TO THE BUTTERFLY. 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... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...kinds of moths and butterflies (papilio atalanta, cardamines, ageria, lathonia, tyc.j To the BUTTERFLY. 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1820 - 272 pages
...adieu ! —Yet still, methinks, you frown on me ; Or never could I fly from you. . TO THE BUTTERFLY. 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1822 - 340 pages
...they be, and beautiful, and wise, Shine forth with double lustre. * At Woburn-Abbey. TO THE BUTTERFLY. 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... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course." TO THE BUTTERFLY. " 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...with double lustre. 1 A phenomenon described by many navigators. i Al Woburn- Abbey. TO THE BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lovest in fields of light ; And, where the flowers of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Fore-edge painting - 1834 - 320 pages
...shade ; These simple joys, that never fail, Shall bind me to my native vale. I) D 201 TO THE BUTTERFLY. 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1834 - 330 pages
...shade; These simple joys, that never fail, Shall bind me to my native vale. i) i) TO THE BUTTERFLY. 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... | |
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