 Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting the body's vest aside, My soul into the boughs does glide: There like a bird it sits, and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings; And, till prepared for longer flight,...  Poems - Seite 166von James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 279 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | English confessors - 1860 - 380 Seiten
...boughs does glide. There like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings ; And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light " How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial true I Where, from above, the milder sun Does through... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 370 Seiten
...solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. 8 How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | Susan Warner, Anna Bartlett Warner - 1860 - 528 Seiten
...glide: VOL. i. 36 There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings ; And. till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light.' " etc. The doctor listened, faithfully and enjoyingly ; but his finishing comment was, "What a pity... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 364 Seiten
...boughs does glide; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. 7 Such was the happy garden state, While man there walked without a mate: After a place so pure and... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 Seiten
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. Two paradises are in one, To live in Paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1861 - 402 Seiten
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light." all this ; perhaps even at times reproached for such a love of seclusion. Yet there had never been... | |
 | Margaret Plues - 1863 - 438 Seiten
...Cat'sear at four o'clock, and the Hawkweeds about three o'clock. Marvell speaks of this floral dial : " How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and...herbs this dial new ! Where from above the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run, And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - 364 Seiten
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and smgs, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. Such was the happy garden state, While man there walk'tl without a mate: After a place so pure and... | |
 | John Timbs - 1863 - 280 Seiten
...skilful gardener drew, Of herbs and flowers, this dial new ! Where from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run: And, as it works, the industrious bee Compute* its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd, but with herbs... | |
 | 1863 - 478 Seiten
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. Such was the happy garden state, While man there walk'd without a mate: After a place so pure and sweet,... | |
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