 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
 | Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 516 pages
...shrill horn its fearful larum flings ! — I wake in horror, and dare sleep no more ! 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 494 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...unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. 238 TO THB FRAGMENT OF A STATUE OF HERCULES. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening-sky, Expand... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 90 pages
...upon this subject, which, I think, you will be able to understand and appreciate: here they are— "Child of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lovest in fields of IkrhT; And, where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...diadem, For ever and for evermore — The star — the star of Bethlehem ! TO THE BUTTERFLY. By ROGERS. 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... | |
 | John Obadiah Westwood - Butterflies - 1855 - 236 pages
...these peculiarities of butterfly life, that I may be excused for quoting them in this place : — " 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... | |
 | 1855 - 528 pages
...But let Rogers speak for us here, and tell how a Christian poet can improve upon a Pagan symbol. " Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...fields of light ; And where the flowers of paradise unfokl, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold ; There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky,... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1855 - 902 pages
...deigns to give. TO THE BUTTERFLY. DT SAMUEL KOOIR3. CHILD of the son I pursue thy rapturous night, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light;...Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their caps of gold. There shall thy wings, rich aa an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy I... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 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... | |
 | Edmund Hamilton Sears - Immortality - 1870 - 366 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...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... | |
 | Literature - 1857 - 240 pages
...immorality. His mirth was as irresistible as the first laughter of childhood. Anonymous. A 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 in silent ecstasy. . . . Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept... | |
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