 ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed,...  Advanced Reading Book: Literary and Scientific - Page 388by Advanced reading book - 1860 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...art wont, repair My heart with gladness, and a share Of thy meek nature ! TO THE SKYLARK. T? THERE AL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky! •*•"' Dost thou...abound ? Or while the wings aspire, are heart and eye To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! — that love-prompted strain —... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...of solitude ; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. TO THE SKYLARK. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest, which thou... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. TO THE SKYLARK. ETHEREAL minstrel! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Thy nest, which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings... | |
 | Alfred Elliott - 1868 - 358 pages
...by many of our English poets, notably by Shelley and Wordsworth, the latter of whom exclaims, — " Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? The nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those ^uireiing wings composed, that music still ? "Leave... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...speaks of this, and draws a moral from the life of the bird, in the following beautiful lines : — Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth, where cares abound ? Or, while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest, upon the dewy ground? Thy nest, which thou... | |
 | College Entrance Examination Board - 1920 - 314 pages
...this last, dim, weird battle of the west. The Passing of Arthur. (Topic 8) Palgrave's Golden Treasury Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise...Those quivering wings composed, that music still! To the last point of vision, and beyond Mount, daring warbler! — that love-prompted strain — 'Twixt... | |
 | 1879 - 1166 pages
...Skylark " (written in 1825), in which the genius of the man may be said to be almost perfectly embodied. Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! that love-prompted strain ('Twixt... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1911 - 422 pages
...unto him, And like a bold-fac'd suitor 'gins to woo him. (Venus and Adonic Iff.) Ethereal minstrel I pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where...dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at w.ll, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ... Leave to the nightingale her shady wood;... | |
 | Doris Eveline Faulkner Jones - 1982 - 244 pages
...daily life. Wordsworth's "To a Skylark" is a perfect example of this poetry of the Spiritual Soul. "Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground i Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! .... | |
 | R. P. Hewett - 1985 - 322 pages
...Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. To a Skylark Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, 5 Those quivering wings composed, that music still! Leave to the nightingale her shady wood; A privacy... | |
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