 To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. ' An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. ' He dried his wings : like gauze they grew : Thro' crofts and pastures wet...  Poems - Page 121by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1889 - 120 pages
...To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil 10 Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. 1-6. They who are visited by the Mater Tenebraruui have lost, through sorrow, that spiritual vitality,... | |
 | Massachusetts Horticultural Society - 1890 - 726 pages
...described the final development thus : "To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from...head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. " lie dried his wings : like ganze they grew : Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew, A living flash... | |
 | John Denison Champlin - Children's literature, American - 1890 - 714 pages
...this last change very prettily : 4* To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells whrre he did He. An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk ; from head to tail Came out clear plate:* of sapphire mail. He dried hi* wings : like gatize they grew: Thro' crofts and pastures wet... | |
 | Entomology - 1891 - 412 pages
...McLACHLAN, FRS JW DOUGLAS, FESE SAUNDERS, FLS HT STAINTON FRS • SECOND SEEIES-VOL. II. [VOL. XXVII.] "An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk :...sapphire mail. He dried his wings ; like gauze they grew ; Through crofts and pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew." — Tennyson. LONDON:... | |
 | J. Cawdor Bell - Canadian fiction - 1892 - 438 pages
...mosquitoes." The dominie continued : — To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk ; from...pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew. " Hnrroo ! " cried Coristine, as with knapsack readjusted, he took his companion by the arm and resumed... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1892 - 314 pages
...which the voice did urge reply ; " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from...pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." " She gave him mind, the lordliest Proportion, and, above the rest, Dominion in the head and breast."... | |
 | 1892 - 426 pages
...resurrection and a future : " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. •' An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk ; from...pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew." If life is not worth living in thy present dull, dragon-fly, pentup, dark wells of practical, Esthetic,... | |
 | Julia McNair Wright - Natural history - 1891 - 394 pages
...the poet tells his story: — " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie, — An inner impulse rent the veil, Of his old husk ;...mail. He dried his wings, like gauze they grew; Thro' copse and pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew." We should not forget that each one... | |
 | Natural history - 1892 - 834 pages
...dragon fly in " Two Voices" : — " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from...sapphire mail. He dried his wings : like gauze they grew ; Thro1 crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." His allusions to birds,... | |
 | Mary Orvis Marbury - Fishing - 1892 - 730 pages
...No. 291. Silver Lady. No. 288. « To-day I saw the Dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from...mail. " He dried his wings ; like gauze they grew. Through crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." A brief account of the Fiery... | |
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