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
| Liverpool ladies' coll - 1857 - 218 pages
...chase ; you will then do well to recall the words of Eogers, addressed to the gilded butterfly : — " 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... | |
| Derbyshire (England) - 1857 - 218 pages
...the human soul— psyche. MMern poetry has seized the beautiful figure. Child of the sun I pursue tby rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in...Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of irold. There shall thy winas, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ! — Yet... | |
| Edmund Hamilton Sears - Holy Spirit - 1858 - 364 pages
...alteration • of a single word, are a fitting and brief summing np of the 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 and shut, in silent ecstasy ; — Yet wert thou once a worm, — a thing that crept... | |
| Edmund Hamilton Sears - Holy Spirit - 1858 - 364 pages
...the alteration of a single word, are a fitting and brief summing up of the doctrine of Paul : — " Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...flowers of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from then- cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut, in silent ecstasy... | |
| Education - 1859 - 396 pages
...ha, ha ! . Come on. [Exeunt. TO A BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingle with her thou lov'st in fields of light ; And where...their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ! — Yet wert thou on* a worm ; a thing that crept... | |
| Edmund Hamilton Sears - Immortality - 1859 - 298 pages
...the alteration of a single word, are a fitting and brief summing up of the doctrine of Paul : — " Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'et in fields of light, And where the flowers of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their... | |
| James Samuelson - 1860 - 208 pages
...introducing his verses, which will serve to relieve the monotony of our physiological studies : — " 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 thou wert once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
| James Duncan - Butterflies - 1860 - 438 pages
...of Father Paul to his country — " Estote perpetual IEPIDOPTERA. INTRODUCTION. 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 ecstasy. Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...first a flight divine, And nursed thy infant years with many a strain from Heaven ! TO THE BUTTERFLY. 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... | |
| Great Britain - 1861 - 876 pages
...their course." TO A BUTTERFLY. " Child of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight! Mingling with her thon lov'st in fields of light ; And where the flowers...fragrant nectar from their cups of gold; There shall thy wing«, rich AS an evening ekr, Expand and shut with silent ecstaey: Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing... | |
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