I'VE watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower ; And, little Butterfly ! indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless ! — not frozen seas More motionless ! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found... Annual Report of the Commissioners ... - Page 411905Full view - About this book
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1871 - 642 pages
...affection pure, He hore the lasting name of " pious Elidure ! " 1815. nI. TO A EUTTERPLY. I'vE wateh'd you now a full half.hour, Self.poised upon that yellow flower ; And, little Bmterfly ! indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless ! — not frozen seas More motionless... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 pages
...delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy. TO A BUTTERFLY. I'VE watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised...motionless ! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard-ground is ours;... | |
| Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers (Elementary) - 1872 - 254 pages
...angry storm-cloud." MRS. PROSSEB. LXVIIL— THE BUTTERFLY. L I'VE watched you now a full half hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower; And, little butterfly,...motionless ! And then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Has found you out among the trees. And calls you forth again ! n. This plot of orchard ground is ours;... | |
| Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers (Elementary) - 1872 - 254 pages
...angry storm-cloud." Mrs. Prosser. LXVIII— THE BUTTERFLY. i. I'VE watched you now a full half hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower; And, little butterfly,...motionless ! And then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Has found you out among the trees. And calls you forth again! ii. This plot of orchard ground is ours;... | |
| 1872 - 692 pages
...first for God, and afterwards for ourselves. i w I So a T4 'VE watched you now a full half-hour. ^JK Self-poised upon that yellow flower; And, little butterfly,...motionless ! And then, What joy awaits you when the breeze Has found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again. This plot of orchard-ground is ours ;... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 pages
...no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year ! Logan. TO A BUTTERFLY. I'VE watched you now a short half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower ; And,...— and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard ground is ours... | |
| Criticism - 1875 - 822 pages
...manner of similitude and symbol. Here, for instance, are some of the earliest lines of Wordsworth : — I've watched you now a full half-hour Self-poised...indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless I — not frozen seas More motionless I the startling image of the frost-bound sea serving to bring... | |
| Charles Joseph S. Dawe - 1876 - 152 pages
...running tongues angry exchange echo vexed shouting expect TO A BUTTERFLY. I'VE watched you now a short half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower ; And,...— and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard ground is ours... | |
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