 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...  Poems - Page 35by Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...elato Full on thy bloom, Till crnsh'd beneath the furrow's weight TO THE BUTTERFLY. SAMUEL EOGEES. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight Mingling...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... | |
 | Edmund Hamilton Sears - Immortality - 1884 - 394 pages
...the alteration of a single word, are a fitting and brief summing up of tne doctrine of Paul : — " Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand ;md shut, in silent ecstasy ; — Yet wert thou once a worm, — a thing that crept... | |
 | Edmund Hamilton Sears - Immortality - 1884 - 392 pages
...single word, are a fitting and brief summing up of tne doctrine of Paul : — " Child of the snn ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou...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 that crept... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...that lengthen'd as he ran, Fades to a blank, and dwindles to a span ! Samuel Rogers, TO THE BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields o light ; And where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold.... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - Elocution - 1887 - 270 pages
...whose glance the gaze of an assembled world is powerless and insignificant. TO THE BUTTERFLY. Rogers. Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...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... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...ADDRESS TO THE BUTTERFLY. eHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling with her thou lovest in fields of light, And where the flowers of paradise...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... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - Elocution - 1887 - 276 pages
...the principal words to which they relate, when they are necessary to the expression of sense ; as, "Child of the sun— pursue thy rapturous flight —...— with her thou lov'st — in fields of light." "// vjas not so mucJi what you said — is your manner of saying it-— that struck me." EXERCISE.... | |
 | Edward Maitland - 1889 - 502 pages
...once I find Samuel Rogers a poet to my mind. Had he ever seen such butterflies when he sang thus ? ' Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; Or where the flowers of Paradise unfold Quaff radiant nectar in their cups of gold : There shall thy... | |
 | Kate R. Lovell - Insects - 1890 - 296 pages
...of being almost choked and smothered with doubts and fears, springs eternal in the human breast. " Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...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... | |
 | Sarah Warner Brooks - English poetry - 1890 - 518 pages
...Twickenham. 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...their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy! Yet wert thon once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
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