 For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made...  Thoughts on the conduct of the understanding - Page 107by Basil Montagu - 1849Full view - About this book
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1857 - 494 pages
...and, therefore, is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - Aesthetics - 1857 - 374 pages
...and therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - 1887 - 648 pages
...its bed of grass, and soaring upwards, and singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and rise above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconsistent, descending more at every breath of tho tempest than it could recover by the libration... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English literature - 1887 - 500 pages
...and therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, soaring upwards and singing as he rises and hopes to get to Heaven and climb above the clouds ; but... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1888 - 560 pages
...and therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the libration and... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - English language - 1888 - 286 pages
...country, an orgie such as rotting Corinth saw, a frenzied festival of Rome in its decadence. 18. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and [he] hopes to get. to heaven and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten bafck'Dy the... | |
 | Edward Meyrick Goulburn - Spiritual life - 1888 - 270 pages
...and therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, in hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1890 - 560 pages
...and therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the libration and... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - Readers - 1890 - 402 pages
...its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. PRAYER. JEREMY TAYLOR. I HAVE seen a lark rise from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconsistent, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the vibration... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1890 - 410 pages
...either." Let us compare Taylor's treatment of the same image, which, I fancy, Dryden must have seen: " For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass...above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back by the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more... | |
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