 CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And, where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky Expand and shut with...  The Pleasures of Memory: With Other Poems - Page 155by Samuel Rogers - 1802 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...it. THE BUTTERFLY. Child of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou íor'sí — in fields of light; And, where the flowers of Paradise...their cups of gold, There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand — and shut — in silent ecstasy. Yet. wert thou once a worm, a thing, that crept... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...Gray. TO THE BUTTERFLY.1 CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lovest in fields of light, And where the flowers of paradise...their cups of gold : There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky,3 Expand and shut with silent ecstacy : Yet wert thou once a worm — a thing that crept... | |
 | Philip Tocque - 1846 - 418 pages
...beautiful lines of Rogers : " Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light, And where the flowers of...cups of gold ; There shall thy wings,, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstacy; Yet wert thou once a worm — a thing that crept... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...-LA FONTAINE. INSECT EMBLEM. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light ; And where the flowers...their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstacy ! Yet thou wert once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 pages
...of a place in our columns : " Child of the Sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And where the flowers of...their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ! Tet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 pages
...soars away. TO THE BUTTERFLY. Child of the sun ! - pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st - in fields of light, And - where the flowers...cups of gold : There - shall thy wings, - rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut - with silent ecstasy. Yet, - wert thou once a worm, — a thing - that... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1851 - 354 pages
...Glen! TO THE BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lovest in fields of light; And, where the flowers of Paradise...rich as an evening-sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstacy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...nature." — Sutler's Analogy. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light ; And where the flowers...their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstacy ! Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On... | |
 | Anne Wright - 1851 - 354 pages
...flight, Mingling with those thou lov'st in fields of light; And where the flowers of Paradise uufold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold, There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand aud shut in silent extacy ! " Yet thou wert once a worm, a thing that crept, On... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 pages
...and medicine of the wiae. Rogers. of the Sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light ; And where the flowers...their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut, with silent ecstasy ! Yet wert thou once a worm ; a thing that crept... | |
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