 Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting the body's vest aside, My soul into the boughs does glide: There like a bird it sits, and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings; And, till prepared for longer flight,...  Poems - Page 166by James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sights - 1844 - 110 pages
...of flowers, the time being shown by the opening or closing of the blossoms. It is thus given : — " How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and...this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant Zodiac run, And as it works.'the industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1845 - 396 pages
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then wets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | 1879 - 826 pages
...of which each bright hour was marked by the opening or closing of the petals of a different plant. " How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and...this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run ; And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | William Cartwright Newsam - 1845 - 264 pages
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver whigs, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. DR. WITTIE. ROBERT WITTIE, MD, the friend of Marvell, although not a native of Hull, resided in that... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1850 - 406 pages
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then wets and chips its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Literary Criticism - 1850 - 326 pages
...boughs does glide. There like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings ; And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. " How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial true ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Literary Criticism - 1850 - 324 pages
...boughs does glide. There like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings ; And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. " How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial true! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...To wander solitary there; Two Paradises are in one, To live in Paradise alone! How well the skillful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new: Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant Zodiac run: And as it works the industrious bee Computes his time as well as... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...boughs does glide : Here, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets, and claps its silver wings ; And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. Such was that happy garden-state, While man there walk'd without a mate : After a place so pure and... | |
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