Till I the prince of love beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide! He shew'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow; He led me through his gardens fair Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus... The Living Age - Page 4501875Full view - About this book
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 pages
...The fleeces of our flocks are covered with Thy sacred dew ; protect them with thine influence ! SONG. How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; And led me through his gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my... | |
| Alexander Gilchrist - 1880 - 526 pages
...fourteen : the following ethereal piece of sportive Fancy, ' Song ' he calls it : — How sweet I roam'd from field to field, And tasted all the summer's pride,...prince of Love beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide ! ^T. io— 13l CHILDHOOD. II He shew'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; He... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 632 pages
...The fleeces of our flocks are covered with Thy sacred dew ; protect them with thine influence} SONG. How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; And led me through his gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my... | |
| 1881 - 410 pages
...written before the boy was fourteen, and is entitled by Blake himself, " Song." It is as follows :— " How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...prince of love beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide I He shewed me lilies for my hair. And blushing roses for my brow ; He led me through his gardens fair,... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 pages
...Jean, We'll meet, and we'll be fain In the land o' the leal. WILLIAM BLAKE. Bora 1767. Died 1827. SONG. How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; And led me through his gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 pages
...Jean, Well meet, and we'll be fain In the land o' the leal. WILLIAM BLAKE. Born 1757. Died 1827. SONG. HOW sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; And led me through his gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my... | |
| Sir John Skelton - 1883 - 378 pages
...poem on "The Prince of Love,"—written by a boy twelve years old,—is astonishingly graceful:— " How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...Love beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide ! He show'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; He led me through his gardens fair.... | |
| English lyrics - 1883 - 340 pages
...tempests tear The main-mast by the board. ENGLIXH I.TV? /i -V. WILLIAM P.LAk'F CXXXI. i757-'8*7SONG. HOW sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...Love beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide. He shewed me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; He led me through his gardens fair,... | |
| Sir John Skelton - 1883 - 374 pages
..."The Prince of Love," — written by a boy twelve years old, — is astonishingly graceful : — " How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...Love beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide ! He show'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; He led me through his gardens fair,... | |
| William Blake - 1885 - 302 pages
...produced by Blake before he was fourteen years old. It is merely entitled " A Song," and runs thus — " How sweet I roamed from field to field And tasted...blushing roses for my brow ; He led me through his garden fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. " With sweet May-dews my wings are wet, " He loves... | |
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