 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
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1853 - 378 pages
...boughs does glide: There 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 walked without a mate; After a place so pure and... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...boughs does glide; There, 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. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flow'rs and herbs the dial new, Where from above the milder sun Does through a fragrant... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1855 - 624 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...How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herds, this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - Floriculture - 1855 - 296 pages
...wholly original. Andrew Marvell in his " Thoughts in a Garden'' mentions a sort of floral dial : — 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, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 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...How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herds, this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1857 - 380 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... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 420 pages
...a mortal's share -, To wander solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful 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 its time as well... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1857 - 564 pages
...There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then wets and claps its silver wings ; And, till prepared tor longer flight. Waves in its plumes the various light....How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herds, this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And,... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 408 pages
...boughs does glide: There, 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 walked without a mate: After a place so pure and... | |
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