 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 pages
...catches from afar ;— Giddy mortals ! hold them dear; for of God, —of G(x) they are, TO A SKYLARK. • ETHEREAL minstrel! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which... | |
 | Alfred Elliott - 1872 - 218 pages
...minstrel! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost tliou despise the earth, where cares abound? Or, while the whips aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? The neat which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still? "... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies ; And winking Mary-buds begin TO THE SKYLARK. thus plagues itself : The hind that would be mated...heart too capable Of every line and trick of his sw ! To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! — that love-prompted strain, Twixt... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 pages
...to joy and love, Deeming the evil of the day Sufficient for the wise. TO A SKYLAEK. BY WORDSWORTH. ETHEREAL minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise...cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart arid eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? The nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those... | |
 | mrs J Williamson - 1873 - 328 pages
...Music dieth in the dust; Nothing that but creeps can sing : Soaring—we can sing and trust. ' THEREAL minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth, where cares abound; Or, while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest, upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1912 - 508 pages
...Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay ! CCLXXXVI TO THE SKYLARK Sir W. Scott Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? 30 Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith - Literature - 1913 - 248 pages
...the wise who soar, but never roam, True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home! His whole poem is : Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise...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... | |
 | William John Courthope - English poetry - 1913 - 506 pages
...beyond any English poem, the elegance of the Greek epigram with the purity of Christian sentiment : Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still I Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine ; Whence thou dost... | |
 | Education - 1914 - 914 pages
...brine." (c) "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o er his cold ashes upbraid him." (d) "Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound?" (e) "Our bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lowr'd, And the sentinel stars set their watch... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 658 pages
...sky: For are we not God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I? TO A SKYLARK Celia Thaxter Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise...Those quivering wings composed, that music still! To the last point of vision, and beyond, —'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond— Thrills not... | |
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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,... 
