 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...  The Naturalist's Library - Page 49edited by - 1835Full view - About this book
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Poetry - 1873 - 552 pages
...sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ! O X £ Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept CO < h On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb, and slept. And such is man ; soon from his cell of clay id X h b To burst a seraph in the blaze of day. z •*; u H [From Rogers' " Poetical Works."! IF BUT... | |
 | Sacred harp - Christian poetry, English - 1874 - 174 pages
...: Our temple hath not left a stone, And Mockery sits on Salem's throne. . TO THE BUTTERFLY. ROGERS. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! THE RAINBOW. CAMPBELL. TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not... | |
 | Charles E. Glass - Spiritualism - 1876 - 230 pages
...material forms may be easily traced. And this reminds us of the lines on the butterfly by Eogers — " Child of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day." The law of re-incarnation is not readily received by those who only give a passing effort of mind to... | |
 | Samuel Manning - English poetry - 1880 - 260 pages
...darksome grave, And thy soft petals' silvery light In the mild breeze unfettered wave. THE BUTTERFLY. HILD of the Sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...cell of clay To burst a Seraph, in the blaze of day ! HYMN FOR JUNE. HYMN FOR JUNE. 'He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." — I Jolm iv.... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 828 pages
...lustre. TO THE BUTTERFLY. CBIID of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her tbou lovest > — 0 ye, who come To kneel devoutly in yon reverend...Gather'd together on the green hill side, Your pastor ! • M Woborn Atbry. WRITTEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. OCTOBER 10, 1806.* WHOE"ES thou art, approach,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1876 - 784 pages
...Prior. TO A BUTTERFLY. Child of the sun, pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lovest in fields of light ; And, where the flowers of paradise...man ; soon from his cell of clay To burst a seraph iu the blaze of day. — S. Rogers. THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. In every village marked with little spire,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 474 pages
...her thou lov'st in fields of light ; And, where the fields of Paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectars from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day." * To assure ourselves by observation that, in living matter, there are organs irrevocably destined... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - Elocution - 1878 - 254 pages
...glance, the gaze of an assembled world is powerless and insignificant. 22. TO THE BUTTERFLY. Rogers. Child of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling...cell of clay To burst, a seraph, in the blaze of day. 23. TIME. Time moveth not ! our being 'tis that moves ; And we, swift gliding down life's rapid stream,... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - Elocution - 1878 - 254 pages
...Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light. And where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaft" fragrant nectar from their cups of gold : There shall...cell of clay To burst, a seraph, in the blaze of day. 23. TIME. Time moveth not ! our being 'tis that moves ; And we, swift gliding down life's rapid stream,... | |
 | Excelsior poetry book - 1880 - 234 pages
...hearth, Alas for love ! if thou wert all, And nought beyond, on earth. —Mn. Hcinattt. TO A BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun, pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day. THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. IN Eastern lands they talk in flowers, And they tell in a garland their loves... | |
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