 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 - 48 pagesFull view - About this book
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...was very welcome to fly to the church ; but he would encourage no one to uyfrom it. THE BUTTERFLY. Child of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou íor'sí — in fields of light; And, where the flowers of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar—... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...feathers. Thy sun is set, thy spring1 is gone — We frolic while 'tis May. Gray. TO THE BUTTERFLY.1 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... | |
 | Philip Tocque - Newfoundland - 1846 - 418 pages
...Furcillata) frisking in the dying radiance of the sun. I thought of the beautiful lines of Rogers : " Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...And bores 'tis easier to bear, Than chase them from their needless care. -LA FONTAINE. INSECT EMBLEM. 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 ecstacy ! Yet thou wert once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 pages
...Perta JIuvialilit. which are so appropriate that we consider them worthy of a place in our columns : " 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 ! Tet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - Elocution - 1849 - 356 pages
...dozes till the dawn of day, Then - claps his well-fledged wings, - and soars away. TO THE BUTTERFLY. Child of the sun ! - pursue thy rapturous flight,...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... | |
 | 926 pages
...regain breath, while the golden winged "child of the sun," mocked thee as it mingled with its rays — " Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lovest in field of light ! And where the flowers of Paradise unfold, Quart fragrant nectar from their... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1851 - 328 pages
...in the child! * Alluding to some verses which she had written on an elder sister. TO THE BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...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... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...of action assigned them ; these are instances of this general law of nature." — Sutler's Analogy. 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 ecstacy ! Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...simple joys that never fail, Shall bind me to my native vale. To the Butterfly. Child of the sun 1 pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou...their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ccstacy! Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
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