 Or shall the tree be envious of the dove Because it cooeth, and hath snowy wings To wander wherewithal and find its joys ? We are such forest-trees, and our fair boughs Have bred forth, not pale solitary doves, But eagles golden-feather'd, who do tower...  The Poetical Works of John Keats: In Two Parts - Page 64by John Keats - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Christianity - 1843
...Because it cooeth, and hath snowy wings To wander wherewithal and find its joys ? We are such foresHrees, and our fair boughs Have bred forth, not pale solitary doves, But eagles golden-feathered, who do tower Above us in their beauty, and must reign In right thereof; for 'tis... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...it cooeth, and hath snowy wings To wander wherewithal and find its joys? We are such fbrest-trccs, and our fair boughs Have bred forth, not pale solitary...their beauty, and must reign In right thereof; for 'tis the eternal lawThai first in beauty should be first in might: Yea, by that law, another race may... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...envious of the dove Because it cooeth, and hath snowy wings To wander wherewithal and find its joys ? We are such forest-trees, and our fair boughs Have bred forth, not pale solitary doves, But eagles golden-fenther'd, who do tower Above us in their beauty, and must reign In right thereof; for 'tis... | |
 | Christianity - 1843
...envious of the dove Because it cooeth, and hath snowy wings To wander wherewithal and find its joys ? We are such forest-trees, and our fair boughs Have bred forth, not pale solitary doves, But eagles golden-feathered, who do tower Above us in their beauty, and must reign In right thereof; for 'tis... | |
 | John Keats - 1847 - 256 pages
...envious of the dove Because it cooeth, and hath snowy wings To wander wherewithal and find its joys? We are such forest-trees, and our fair boughs Have...their beauty, and must reign In right thereof; for 'tis the eternal law That first in beauty should be first in might: Yea, by that law, another race... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1847 - 221 pages
...snowy wings To wander wherewithal and find ils joys Г We are such forest-trees, and our fair bought Have bred forth, not pale solitary doves. But eagles golden-feather'd, who do tower Above us in thoir Entity, and must reign In right thereof; Ibr 'tis the eternal law That first in beauty should... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1853 - 522 pages
...snowy »ings To wander wherewithal and find ˇIs joys? We are such forest-trees, and our fair boughi Have bred forth, not pale solitary doves, But eagles...their beauty, and must reign In right thereof; for 'tis ihe eternal law That first in beauty should be first in might: Yea, by that law, another race... | |
 | John Keats - 1855 - 350 pages
...it cooeth, and hath snowy wings To wander wherewithal and find its joys ? We are such forest trees, and our fair boughs Have bred forth, not pale, solitary doves, But eagles golden-feathered, who do tower Above us in their beauty, and must reign In right thereof ; for 'tis... | |
 | Literature - 1857
...that is its equal. John Keats, in Hyperion, puts this discourse in the mouth of Oceanus : — 'tis the eternal law That first in beauty should be first in might. The memory which is connected with that Anacreontic verse is this. Fairest of all summer days it was,... | |
 | European history, Noble traits - 1860 - 282 pages
...forest trees. And our fair boughs Have bred, not pale and solitary doves, But eagles, golden feathered, who do tower Above us in their beauty, and must reign In right thereof ; for 'tis the eternal law, That first in beauty should be first in miyht." Without doubt, the poet has here... | |
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