 | 1837 - 540 pages
...sight if the bird be flown, But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. ' ' And yet as angels in some brighter dreams Call to...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. " O Father of eternal life, and all Created glories under thee, Resume the spirit from this world of... | |
 | 1827 - 602 pages
...sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair vale or grove he sings in now, That to him is unknown. ' And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams, Call to...' If a star were confined into a tomb, Her captive flames must needs burn there ; But when the hand that locked her up, gives room, She'd shine thro'... | |
 | John Mitford - 1827 - 360 pages
...sight if the bird be flown ; Bui what fair we]l, or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to...sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted theams, And into glory peep. •': 174 If a star were coufiii'd into a tomb Her captive flames must... | |
 | 1828 - 852 pages
...first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to...sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted theams, And into glory peep." pp. 1 <-4, 174. " From Epigrams, by Richard Flecknoe. 1669. In contemplation... | |
 | 1828 - 852 pages
...first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to...man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend out wonted theams, And into glory peep." pp. 173, 174. " From Epigrams, by Richard Flecknoe. 1669.... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...unconsciousness. If a star, said a devout poet of that age, Henry Vaughan, If a star were confined even into a tomb, Her captive flame must needs burn there, But when the hand that lock'd her up gave room, ' She'd shine through all the sphere. Much of the world's history has been as a tomb to... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 436 pages
...beyond thy dust ; Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledged bird's-nest, may know And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to...burn there ; But when the hand that lock'd her up gave room She'd shine through all the sphere. O Father of eternal life, and all Created glories under... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 442 pages
...sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to...burn there ; But when the hand that lock'd her up gave room She'd shine through all the sphere. O Father of eternal life, and all Created glories under... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 238 pages
...sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. " And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to...thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep ! " Such were Flemming's thoughts, as he stood among the tombs at evening in the churchyard of Saint... | |
 | 1840 - 844 pages
...first sight if the bird be Sown, But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to the soul when man doth sleep, To some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. If a star were confin'd... | |
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He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange... 
