 He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange...  Christian Hymns - Page 207edited by - 1893 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Europe - 1839 - 238 pages
...sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. " And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to...thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep ! " Such were Flemming's thoughts, as he stood among the tombs at evening in the churchyard of Saint... | |
 | 1840 - 844 pages
...first sight if the bird be Sown, But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to the soul when man doth sleep, To some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. If a star were confin'd... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1841 - 586 pages
...sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep! ELEVATION OF THE LABOURING PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY. BY WE CHAXM.VJ. Elevation of soul, in what does... | |
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...sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair field, or grove, he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. If a star were confined into a tomb, Her captive flame must needs burn there ; But when the hand that... | |
 | 1862 - 908 pages
...sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. If a star were confined into a tomb, Her captive flame must needs burn there ; But when the hand that... | |
 | 1842 - 514 pages
...sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair field or grove he sings ia now, That is to him unknown. And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams. Call to the soul when man doth sleep, To some strange thoughts transcend ocr wonted themes, And iu'o glory peep. If a star were "onflned... | |
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...earth is wholesome for the body : no less are the thoughts of mortality cordial to the soul," FULLER. " And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. HIKRT VAUOHAB. WHAT subject is so interesting to the full of life as that of death ? What taste is... | |
 | Literature - 1869 - 862 pages
...first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. I end the first division of my subject with Charles I., rather because the race of hymnwriters seems... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Conduct of life - 1844 - 250 pages
...thoughts of mortality cordial to the soul." FULLER. " And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, CaU to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep." HENBY VAUOHAJT. WHAT subject is so interesting to the full of life as that of death ? What taste is... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Care of the sick - 1844 - 216 pages
...is wholesome for the body : no less are lh« thoughts of mortality cordial to the soul." FULLER, " And yet as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to the soul when man doth sleep, . WHAT subject is so interesting to the full of life as that of death ? What taste is so universal... | |
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