 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...  The Pleasures of Memory: With Other Poems - Page 155by Samuel Rogers - 1802 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pages
...lustre. TO THE BUTTERFLY. CBIID of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her tbou lovest > — 0 ye, who come To kneel devoutly in yon reverend...peaceful sound Of Sabbath bells ; and ye, who sleep in evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 474 pages
...her thou lov'st in fields of light ; And, where the fields of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectars from 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... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...glory. ( To a Butterfly. ) CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingle with her thou lovest e them your wings, rich as an evening sky. Expand and shut with silent ecstasy. Yet wert thou once a worm... | |
 | 1877 - 594 pages
...summing np of the doctrine : — " Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light, And where the flowers of...Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There phall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut, in silent ecstasy; — Yet wert thou once... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 pages
...22. TO THE BUTTERFLY. Rogers. Child of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light. And where the flowers of...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... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 pages
...22. TO THE BUTTERFLY. Rogers. 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, Quaft" fragrant nectar from their cups of gold : There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky. Expand... | |
 | Excelsior poetry book - 1880 - 234 pages
...—Mn. Hcinattt. TO A BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun, pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And where the flowers of...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... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1880 - 474 pages
...with grace and beauty : — Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light ; And, where the flowers...Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cup., of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy !... | |
 | John McGovern - 1880 - 762 pages
...butterfly : Child of the sun, pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her them lov'st in fields oflight; And, where the flowers of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their lips of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as the evenmg sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy !... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...HAILLIH. 31 To ТЛЕ BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou 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 with silent ecstasy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept... | |
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