 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...gives; But, though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. TO A SKYLARK.— Wordsitorlh. Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...Those quivering wings composed, that music still! Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to sing All independent of the leafy spring. Leave to the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...rebounds, beware,— Listen, ponder, hold them dear; For of God, — of God they are. TO A SKY-LARK. ETHEREAL Minstrel ! Pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou cansf drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! To the last point of vision,... | |
 | Seacome Ellison - 1854 - 120 pages
...Lay the proud usurper low Tyrants fall in every foe Libertys in every blow Let us do or die" BUBNS. " Ethereal minstrel pilgrim of the sky Dost thou despise...heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground" PROSODY. WORDSWOHTH. PROSODY (from the Greek word prosodia, accent) treats of Accent and Versification.... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - Country life - 1854 - 592 pages
...the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, ore heart and eye Both with thy nest upou the dewy ground ? Thy nest, which thou canst drop...will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler !—that love-prompted strain ("Pwixt... | |
 | 1854 - 428 pages
...tbou despise the earth, where cares abor Or while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with tliy nest, upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou canst...drop into at will. Those quivering wings composed, and music still! To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! that love-prompted... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...never gives ; But, though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. TO A SKYLARK.—Wordsworth. 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... | |
 | John Cotton (F.Z.S.) - 1855 - 242 pages
...!'* Here is another, of a different character, from the peri of Wordsworth, the poet of Nature : " Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...Those quivering wings composed, that music still! To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! that love-prompted strain ('Twist thee... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...never gives; But, though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. TO A SKYLARK.— Wordsworth. ETHEREAL minstrel! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...Those quivering wings composed, that music still! TO THE BRAMBLE-FLOWEB. 175 J e t might'st thou seem, proud privilege ! to sing •**-! independent... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...inhabitants. Of these, England possesses a considerable share."— Turner's Sacred History of the World. 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 thee... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1856 - 538 pages
...; The confidence of reason give : And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live! TO A SKY-LARK, ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...Those quivering wings composed, that music still! Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine ; Whence thou dost pour... | |
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them. 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,... 
