 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
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...speaks of this, and draws a moral from the life of the bird, in the following beautiful lines : — 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 love-prompted... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1868 - 340 pages
...plaintive lingering On each word of grief so long, Oh ! thou hast loved and snffered much ; SKYLARK. Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...the earth where cares abound? Or, while thy wings aspii-e, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground — Thy nest which thou canst drop... | |
 | Alfred Elliott - Amusements - 1868 - 358 pages
...by many of our English poets, notably by Shelley and Wordsworth, the latter of whom exclaims, — " 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 ? The nest which thou canst... | |
 | Arminianism - 1869 - 1208 pages
...Skylark ; " and with them we close our paper : — " Ethereal minstrel ! Pilgrim of the sky ! Doet thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while...with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thon canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still. " Leave to the nightingale... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...green pastoral landscape, were to me More dear, both for themselves and for thy sake. TO A 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 uest which thou canst... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 436 pages
...minstrel! pilgrim of the sky ! I—t Dost thou despise the earth where tares abound 1 Or while the wings aspire, are 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, that music still! To... | |
 | College Entrance Examination Board - 1920 - 314 pages
...this last, dim, weird battle of the west. The Passing of Arthur. (Topic 8) Palgrave's Golden Treasury 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... | |
 | 1879 - 1166 pages
...Skylark " (written in 1825), in which the genius of the man may be said to be almost perfectly embodied. 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... | |
 | Max Kaluza - English language - 1911 - 422 pages
...unto him, And like a bold-fac'd suitor 'gins to woo him. (Venus and Adonic Iff.) Ethereal minstrel I 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... | |
 | Doris Eveline Faulkner Jones - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 244 pages
...daily life. Wordsworth's "To a Skylark" is a perfect example of this poetry of the Spiritual Soul. "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 i Thy nest which thou canst... | |
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