I see thee glittering from afar ; — And then thou art a pretty Star ; Not quite so fair as many are In heaven above thee ! Yet like a star, with glittering crest, Self-poised in air thou seem'st to rest... Modern Painters - Page 191by John Ruskin - 1856 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...silver Shield with boss of gold, That spreads itself, some Faery bold In fight to cover. I see thee glittering from afar; — And then thou art a pretty...peace come never to his nest, Who shall reprove thee ! Sweet Flower ! for by that name at last, When all my reveries are past, I call thee, and to that... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...silver Shield with boss of gold, That spreads itself, some Faery bold In fight to cover. I see thee glittering from afar;^— And then thou art a pretty...peace come never to his nest, Who shall reprove thee ! Sweet Flower ! for by that name at last, When all my reveries are past, I call thee, and to that... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...silver Shield with boss of gold, That spreads itself, some Faery bold In fight to cover. 964 I see thee glittering from afar ; — And then thou art a pretty...peace come never to his nest, Who shall reprove thee ! Sweet Flower ! for by that name at last, When all my reveries are past, I call thee, and to that... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...itself, some Faery bold In fight to cover. • I see thee glittering from afar ; — And then thou art n pretty Star ; Not quite so fair as many are In heaven...thou seem'st to rest ; — May peace come never to hi* nest, Who shall reprove thee ! Sweet Flower ! for by that name at last, When all my reveries are... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...silver Shield with boss of gold, That spreads itself, some Faery bold In fight to cover ! I see thee glittering from afar ; — And then thou art a pretty...peace come never to his nest, Who shall reprove thee ! Sweet Flower ! for by that name at last, When all my reveries are past, I call thee, and to that... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...spreads itself, some fairy bold In fight to cover. I see thee glittering from afar ; And then thon art a pretty star, Not quite so fair as many are In heaven above thee ! * It is not generally known, that Chaucer was four years in prison, in his old e»e, on the same... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...silver Shield with boss of gold, That spreads itself, some Faery bold In fight to cover ! I see thee glittering from afar ; — And then thou art a pretty...peace come never to his nest, Who shall reprove thee ! Sweet Flower ! for by that name at last, When all my reveries are past, I call thee, and to that... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...silver Shield with boss of gold, That spread* itself, some Faery bold In fight to cover. I see thee glittering from afar;— And then thou art a pretty...quite so fair as many are In heaven above thee! Yet lile a star, with glittering crest, Self-poised in air thou seemgt to rest;— May peace come never... | |
| William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...silver Shield with boss of gold, That spreads itself, some Faery bold In fight to cover! I see thee glittering from afar ;— And then thou art a pretty...Not quite so fair as many are In heaven above thee! Tet like a star, with glittering crest, Self-poised in air thou seem'st to rest; — May peace come... | |
| William Hone - Days - 1830 - 868 pages
...silver shield with boss of gold, That spreads itself, some fairy bold In fight to cover. I see thee glittering from afar ; And then thou art a pretty...peace come never to his nest, Who shall reprove thee. Sweet flower ! for by that name at last, When all my reveries are past, I call thee, and to that cleaverfast... | |
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