| 1834 - 764 pages
...reluctant from the very bosom of the sky. moonlight, just yielding to the break Hail to thec, blythe spirit. Bird thou never wert ; That from Heaven, or...full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art ! Hail, also, to the radiant tresses of the morn, now emulous of Nora of the amber hair, for day U... | |
| English literature - 1835 - 598 pages
...brief extract ; the two former, and particularly the first, are splendid compositions. To A SKYLARK. " Hail to thee ! blithe Spirit Bird thou never wert ! That from Heaven, or near it, Chorus hymeneal, Or triumphal chauut, Match'd with thine would be all But an empty vaunt — A thing... | |
| Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...the whole air seems sparkling and alive with the light of hia strains ; singing, as Shelley says, ' In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brightening ; Like a high-born maiden In a palace-tower, Soothing her love-laden Soul in secret hour With music... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...boon 1 ask of thee, beloved Night ; Swift be thine approaching flight, Come soon, soon ! TO A SEYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert,...lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, Thou dost float and run ; Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun. The pale purple... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...be thine approaching flight, Come soon, soon ! TO A SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird them never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest...lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, Thou dost float and run ; Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun. The pale purple... | |
| William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I rise and upbuild it again. THE SKY-LARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert,...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singcst. In the golden lighting Of the sunken sun. O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...ask of thee, beloved Night ; Swift he thine approaching flight, TO A SKYLARK. HA1L to thee, hlithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert. That from heaven, or...the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire ; The hlue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English poetry - 1838 - 634 pages
...SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird tbou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Poorest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated...art. Higher still and higher, From the earth thou springes! Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou w ingest. And singing still dost soar, and soaring... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 402 pages
...burthen thme. . I fear thy mien, thy tones, thy motion, Thou needest not fear mine ; TO A SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert,...still and higher, From the earth thou springest Like a eloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 376 pages
...over the still stream. Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep In the neit valley-glades." KZAT*. "Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest...singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest." SHELLET. 'MiDST the long reeds that o'er a Grecian stream Unto the faint wind sigh'd melodiously, And... | |
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