 ETHEREAL minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed,...  Lessons derived from the animal world - Page 257by C. T - 1847Full view - About this book
 | William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Itj Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest...thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! ii. To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! —... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...brake to bush ; But she (God love her !) fear'd to brush The dust from off its wings. To A SKYLARK. i. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou canst... | |
 | William Martin - Children's literature - 1861 - 380 pages
...fields. Farewell, lark ! but ere I say farewell, let me, with my dear old friend Wordsworth, say — ^Ethereal minstrel ! Pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...thou canst drop into at will Those quivering wings composed and music still ? NATURAL HISTORY. Leave to the nightingale the shady wood ; A privacy of... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now. SHELLEY. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ' Thy nest which thou canst... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...hawk ; Think of this, and rise with day Gentle lords and ladies gay ! CCXL Sir W. Scott TO THE SKYLARK Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou canst... | |
 | Anna Jane Buckland - 1861 - 176 pages
...and the voice of a child, who sat beneath a tree on the lawn, intent on its lesson, repeated, — " Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound P Or while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye, Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1863 - 298 pages
...unerring precision into the nest. Wordsworth has not forgotten the moral which its life teaches. " Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still. " To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! That... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1863 - 330 pages
...Shakspeare calls the bird, a lyric, so full of praise and devotion, that it may be termed a Hymn : — Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, and music still. To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler : that love-prompted... | |
 | Charles Smith Cheltnam - 1863 - 176 pages
..."Wordsworth—one out of the crowd of sweet singers—has sung about him: — '"TO A SKYLARK. " 'Etherial minstrel! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the...heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground 1 Thy nest, which thou dost drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, 'that music still. "... | |
 | Months - English poetry - 1864 - 262 pages
...may be seen ; By the leaves you may know where the violet hath been. THE SKY-LARK. 59 THE SKV-LARK. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...heart and eye Both with thy nest, upon the dewy ground 1 Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, and music still ! To... | |
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