 Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And...  The Book of Georgian Verse - Page 570edited by - 1909 - 1313 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 478 pages
...when thou afforded bad men such music on earth :" IZAAE WALTON, 159S-16Ss. TO THE SKYLARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wer't. That...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the setting sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...when thou afforded bad men such music on earth ?" IZAAE WALTON, 1593-16S3. TO THE SKYLARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wer't, That...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the setting sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...to Heaven, and pouring forth an unconscious hymn of praise and thanksgiving. TO THE SKYLARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring erer singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...serve thee; And both thy servants be. TO A SKYLARK — Shelley. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thcm never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...enters through the river-gate, borne by the joyous crowd. XXXVIII.— THE SKYLARK.— SheOey. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit! bird thou never wert; that, from...wingest, and singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightening of the sunken sun, o'er which clouds are brightening, thou dost float... | |
 | Country life - 1856 - 482 pages
...earth ?" IZAAE W ALTON, 1593-1683. TO THE SKYLARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never'wer't, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the setting sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee. ADDISON. 9. — TO THE SKYLARK. HAIL to the blithe spirit 1 Bird thou never wert, That from heaven or near it,...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. All the earth and air With thy voice is loud, As, when night is bare, From one lonely cloud... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1857 - 374 pages
...unconscious hymn of praise and thanksgiving. TO THE SKYLARK. Hail to thee, blythe spirit ! Bird thon never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...the world serves us, we may serve thee ; And both thy servants be. TO A SKYLARK — Shelley. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from...Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingest, singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...the Alexandrine, expresses the eagerness and continuity of the song of the lark .Lci<jh Hunt. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from...wingest, And singing, still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float... | |
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