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" Lo.! the bright train their radiant wings unfold, With silver fringed, and freckled o'er with gold. On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower, They, idly fluttering, live their little hour ; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring... "
Beautiful butterflies; the British species described and illustrated - Page iii
by Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854
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Lepidoptera Britannica;: sistens digestionem novam insectorum Lepidopterorum ...

Adrian Hardy Haworth - Lepidoptera - 1803 - 430 pages
...joyously at intervals, with each other : or gayly perched, sip nectar from their favourite flowers. " Lo the bright train their radiant wings unfold. "..." On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower, " They sweetly flutt'ring, live their little hour; ш " Their life all pleasure, and their task all play,...
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Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin

Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...length assur'd, they catch the fav'ring gale And leave'their sordid spoils, and high in tether sail. Lo ! the bright train their radiant wings unfold,...On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower They idly flutt'ring live their little hour ; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...troop of damsels round him stood, Where lute was rugged bark and lifeless wood. Lo ! the bright t.ain their radiant wings unfold, With silver fringed, and freckled o'er with gold : On the «ay bosom of some fragrant flower They idly fluttering live their little hour; Their life all pleasure,...
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Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected from Natural History, and ...

Joseph Taylor - Insects - 1817 - 266 pages
...sordid spoils, and high in sether sail. Lo the bright train their radiant wings unfold, With ilver fringed, and freckled o'er with gold. § On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower They idly flutt'ring live their little hour, Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their...
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Poetry for Children: Consisting of Short Pieces to be Committed to Memory

Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...length assur'd, they catch the fav'ring gale, And leave their sordid spoils, and high in aether sail. Lo ! the bright train their radiant wings unfold,...On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower They idly nutt'ring live their little hour ; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their...
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Poems [signed A.L. Aikin.]. To which is added, An epistle to S ..., Issue 294

Anna Laetitia Barbauld - 1820 - 136 pages
...lifeless wood. Lo, the bright train their radiant wings unfold ! With silver fring'd, and freckl'd o'er with gold : On the gay bosom of some fragrant...They, idly fluttering, live their little hour ; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, AH spring their age, and sunshine all their day. Not so...
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Universal Science Or the Cabinet of Nature and Art, Comprising ..., Volume 1

Alexander Jamieson - Natural history - 1821 - 448 pages
...spoils, and high in ether sail I Lo J the bright train, their radiant wings unfold With silver fring'd, and freckled o'er with gold; On the gay bosom of some fragrant flow'r They idly fluttering live their little hour, Their life all pleasure, and their task all play,...
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The Natural History of Remarkable Insects: With Their Habits and Instincts

Animal welfare - 1822 - 184 pages
...length assur'd, they catch the fav'ring gale, And leave their sordid spoils, and high in xther sail. Lo, the bright train their radiant wings unfold. With...On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower, They idly flutt'rinj live their little hour; Their life all pleasure, and their ta*k all play, All spring their...
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The English Reading Book in Verse: Adapted to Domestic and to School Education

William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...in ether sail. Lo ! the bright train .their radiant wings unfold, With silver fring'd, and speckled o'er with gold : On the gay bosom, of some fragrant flower, They idly flutt'ring, live their little hour ; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their...
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The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or ...

Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...disclose, And a gay troop of damsels round him itood, Where late was rugged bark and lifeless wood. Lo 1 the bright train their radiant wings unfold, With...They idly fluttering live their little hour; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their age, and sunshine all their day. 3JuIj)...
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