 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
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 270 pages
..."The Cloud" are aa pure, as poetical, and as elevated as any similar poetry in the language.] HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singcst. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, Thou dost float... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...left him alone with his glory. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. Born, 1792; Died, 1822. TO A SKYLARK. 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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...Wordsworth TO A SKYLARK Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it Hail to thee, blithe Spirit ! Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated...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... | |
 | Woodland - Animals - 1868 - 186 pages
...There, there the dews of morning, Oh, Sky-lark! on thy wing! Felicia Hemans. TO A SKYLARK. 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... | |
 | Alfred Elliott - Amusements - 1868 - 358 pages
...points of heaven and home." Shelley's lyric is a noble outburst of impassioned song :— " 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... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...most beautiful pieces of poetry ever written, has thus celebrated the song of the bird : — Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from...the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire ; The deep blue tUou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever, singest. All the earth and air... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...slain," and " The Cenci," a tragedy. Many of his minor poems are simple and very beautiful.] 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 bright'ning, Thou dost float... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...note 18, extract 51. Percy Bysshe Shelky. 1792-1822. (History, p. 228.) 198. To A SKYLARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird ' thou never wert, That...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, Thou dost float... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...done ! ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT QUALITIES OF TONE. TO A SKYLARK. Percy Bysshe Shelley. 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... | |
 | E. Wadham - English language - 1869 - 176 pages
...others to six-foot length, forming what is commonly known as an Alexandrine. ODE TO THE SKYLARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. SHELLEY. PRINCE OP THE PURPLE ISLAND. Look at the sun, whose ray and searching light Here,... | |
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