 | Samuel Rogers - 1802 - 308 Seiten
...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 the...cell of clay To burst a seraph In the blaze of day I CAPTIVITY. CAG'D in old woods, whose reverend echoes wake When the hern screams along the distant... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1810 - 394 Seiten
...cups of gold; There shall thy wings, rich as an eveniug sky, Expand and shyt with silent ecstacy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm — a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb aud slept. ROGER». LES PAPILLONS. ON peut considérer le corps des papillons comme étant divisé... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1816 - 276 Seiten
...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...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY* 77 HOE'EK them art, approach, and, with a sigh, Mark where the small... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1816 - 260 Seiten
...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 the...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.* WHOE'EH thou art, approach, and, with a sigh, Mark where the small... | |
 | 1817 - 494 Seiten
...should yield, 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...; soon from his cell of clay To burst a seraph in ihe blaze of day ! ROGERS. H Rain-pouring clouds have darkened all the air, Or snows untimely whitened... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1820 - 160 Seiten
...HERMIT. J(3 <l'l,ere 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 the...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! THE HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend hermit grew ; The... | |
 | 1820 - 422 Seiten
...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 the bare earth, then wrought a tomb and slept! And snch is man ; soon from bis cell of clay To burst a seraph in the bla»e of day ! Other insects now... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1822 - 340 Seiten
...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 the...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. OCTOBER 10, 1806.* WHOE'ER thou art, approach, and, with a sigh, Mark... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 Seiten
...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...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day !" " The Epistle to a Friend" is an exquisite piece; quite equal, in general style, to Horace or Pope.... | |
 | Ramses II (King of Egypt), Edward Upham - 1824 - 366 Seiten
...its 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 the bare earth, then wrought a tomh and slept ! And such is man ! soon from his cell of clay To shine resplendent in the blaze of... | |
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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... 
