 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 Wordsworth - 1897 - 648 pages
...the gentle Hart and Hind pursued by their enemy. I4o TO THE SMALL CELANDINE. TO A BUTTERFLY. I 'VE watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon...sleep or feed. How motionless ! — not frozen seas 5 More motionless ! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 648 pages
...of gayest plume," and the gentle Hart and Hind pursued by their enemy. TO A BUTTERFLY. I 'VE watehed you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow...sleep or feed. How motionless ! — not frozen seas 5 More motionless ! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 284 pages
...loves best. Love him, or leave him alone ! TO A BUTTERFLY. I'VE watched you now a full half -hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower ; And, little...sleep or feed. How motionless ! — not frozen seas 5 More motionless ! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees,... | |
 | David Watson Rannie - English literature - 1907 - 422 pages
...man loves best, Love him, or leave him alone ! " Here the butterfly itself was apostrophized — " I've watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised...that yellow flower ; And, little Butterfly ! indeed 1 know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless ! — not frozen seas More motionless ! and then What... | |
 | George Philip Krapp - English language - 1908 - 300 pages
...the place where he buried his money in old times?" — IRVING, Tales oj a Traveller. 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;... | |
 | George Philip Krapp - English language - 1908 - 300 pages
...old times?" — IRVING, Tales of a Traveller. To A BUTTERFLY. 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 Hath found you out among the trees And calls you forth again! This plot of orchard-ground is ours;... | |
 | George Carter Howland - English language - 1908 - 216 pages
...selfsame strain. FOR GENERAL USE To A BUTTERFLY I've watched you now a full half hour, Self -poised upon that yellow flower ; And, little butterfly, indeed...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... | |
 | Will David Howe, Myron Thomas Pritchard, Elizabeth Virginia Brown - Basal reading instruction - 1909 - 308 pages
...hither, come hither, come hither; Here shall he see No enemy, 120 TO A BUTTERFLY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 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;... | |
 | Kate Van Wagenen - Spellers - 1909 - 122 pages
...he glided, Veered to right or left at pleasure. ADDITIONAL SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING TO A BUTTERFLY I've watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised...motionless ! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Has found you out among the trees, And called you forth again ! This plot of orchard ground is ours;... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 pages
...she, God love her ! feared to brush The dust from off its wings. W. Wordsworth To a Butterfly T'VE watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon...motionless ! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found yqu out among the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of Orchard-ground is ours;... | |
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