 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
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...is generally hailed as a sign of continued fine weather. On the butterfly the poet Rogers wrote — 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 I Yet wert thou once a worm — a thing that crept... | |
 | Gems - Natural history - 1868 - 194 pages
...THE HUMMING-BIRD HAWK-MOTH. Ohild of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight., Mingling with her them lov'st in fields of light: And, where the flowers...their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut in silent ecstaoy ! Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American poetry - 1868 - 710 pages
...of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lovest in fields of light, And when the flowers of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar...their cups of gold ; There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky," Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ; Yet wcrt thou once a worm — a thing that crept... | |
 | 1868 - 738 pages
...which you can 'go and do likewise?' Stories of Insect Life, '47 STORIES OF INSECT LIFE. CATERPILLARS. ' 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 - English poetry - 1869 - 528 pages
...first a flight divine, And nursed thy infant years with many a strain from heaven ! TO THE 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 eestasy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept... | |
 | Edward Maitland - 1868 - 334 pages
...I find Samuel Rogers a poet to my mind. Had he ever seen such butterflies when he sans thus — o ' 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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Anthologies - 1871 - 530 pages
...bores 'tis easier to bear, Than chase them from their needless care. —LA FONTAINE. INSECT EMBL EM. 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 268 pages
...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 ecstasy ! Yet thou wert once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 144 pages
...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 ecstasy! Yet thou wert once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...DIE, TO THE BUTTERFLY. "' Cltild of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight."] TO THE BUTTERFLY. ilHILD 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... | |
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