He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. Poems of Old Age - Page 1061861 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Bruce Norton - 1861 - 178 pages
...dputrdigaril rif 8" olStv ii ZflV rOV$' diroK\rirai Savtlv.—EURIPIDES. " He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown."—HENRY VAUGHAN. " If yet your gentle souls... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 608 pages
...the dark ! What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! " He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird bo flown ; But what fair fii;ld or grove he sings ill now, That is to him unknown. " And yet as angels,... | |
| Missions - 1862 - 938 pages
...hammer. One would be glad to know on what book-shelves these lost treasures rest. "He that 1ml h found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight,...or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown." Dr. Williams's library was neither burnt nor sold. He had no children, and so he adopted his Nonconformist... | |
| John Brown - 1862 - 488 pages
...Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. " He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be...or Grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown." Referring to Nicodemus visiting our Lord: — THE NIGHT. (JOHN iii. 2.) "Most blest believer he! Who... | |
| Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be...or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. l09 And yet, as Angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange... | |
| John Brown - English essays - 1862 - 492 pages
...Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. " He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair Dell or Grove he sings iii now, That is to him unknown." Referring to Nicodemus visiting our Lord: — THE NIGHT. (Jons iii.... | |
| William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 pages
...the dark ! What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledged bird's nest' may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams,... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...but in the dark, : mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Creld man outlook that mark ! ;ieihat hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; B .t what fair field or grove he sings in now — That is to him unknown. Ar.1 yet, as angels in... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - English poetry - 1863 - 420 pages
...What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be...or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. 109 And yet, as Angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange... | |
| Golden gleanings - 1863 - 342 pages
...the dark ; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair field, or grove, he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams,... | |
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