 To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. "An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. "He dried his wings: like gauze they grew: Thro' crofts and pastures wet with...  A Nature Wooing at Ormond by the Sea - Page 194by Willis Stanley Blatchley - 1902 - 245 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 pages
...shade What is so wonderfully made." To which the voice did urge reply ; " To-day I saw the dragon-fly " An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from...pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." I said, " When first the world began, Young Nature thro' five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1843 - 256 pages
...wonderfully made." To which the voice did urge reply ; " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil...pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." I said, " When first the world began, Young Nature thro' five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1845 - 510 pages
...wonderfully made." To which the voice did urge reply ; " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil...pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." I said, " When first the world began, Young Nature thro' five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 254 pages
...shade What is so wonderfully made." To which the voice did urge reply ; " To-day I saw the dragon-fly " An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from...pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." I said, " When first the world began, Young Nature thro' five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1849 - 326 pages
...wonderfully made.' To which the voice did urge reply, ' To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie.' An inner impulse rent the veil...mail. He dried his wings — like gauze they grew, Through crofts and pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew.' I said, ' when first the... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1849 - 324 pages
...shade What is so wonderfully made.' To which the voice did urge reply, ' To-day I saw the dragon-fly An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk —...mail. He dried his wings — like gauze they grew, Through crofts and pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew." I said, ' when first the... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1849 - 328 pages
...wonderfully made.' To which the voice did urge reply, ' To-day I saw the dragon-fly An inner impulse rant the veil Of his old husk — from head to tail Came...mail. He dried his wings — like gauze they grew, Through crofts and pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew.' I said, ' when first the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 pages
...wonderfully made." To which the voice did urge reply ; " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil...head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. I said, " When first the world began, Young Nature thro' five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 300 pages
...wonderfully made." To which the voice did urge reply : " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil...head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. I said, " When first the world began, Young Nature through five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 290 pages
...wonderfully made." To which the voice did urge reply : " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil...head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. I said, " When first the world began, Young Nature through five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
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