 | 1844 - 288 pages
...bello peribis NATURAL HISTORY AND MANAGEMENT OF CAGE-BIRDS. THE SKY-LARK (Alanda arvensis.) £lhereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound, Or, while thy wings aspire, arc heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest, which thou caust... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...afar — Listen, ponder, hold them dear ; For of God, — of God they are. I806. XXX. TO A SKY-LARK. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground a Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still! Leave... | |
 | 1845 - 614 pages
...aad secretly give rest U«to the weary desolate :— 'twill please Heaven best THE SKY-LARK. ETHERKAL r her kingdom kneeleth to implore thee Now menaced by this tyrant's spoiling hand; No one thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest, upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...meanest rill, the mightiest river Rolls mingling with their fame for ever. Byron. TO A SKYLARK.2 ETHERIAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth, where cares abound ? These lines exemplify the remark just made in note 3, p. 100. It is difficult to conceive of anything... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...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... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...happiness ! Bless'd is thy dwelling-place ! O ! to abide in the desert with thee ! HOGG. THE LARK. ETHEREAL 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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1846 - 332 pages
...no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! TO A SKY-LAHK. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound 1 Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest,... | |
 | C. T - 1847 - 350 pages
...humblest, yet thy morning soug ascends Nearest to Ueaven. THE LARK, AS AN EXAMPLE OF CHEERFULNESS. ETHEREAL 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... | |
 | Reading, J. L. - 1848 - 122 pages
...kingdom of heaven is at hand." LEGH RICHMOND'S LETTEE.— FROM HIS LIFE BY GEIMSHAWE. TO A SKY-LARK. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, art heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...sometimes from afar — Listen, ponder, hold them dear ; For of God, — of God they are. 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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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,... 
