To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk: from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. " He dried his wings: like gauze they grew Thro' crofts and pastures wet with... Chapters of Erie: And Other Essays - Página 354por Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams - 1871 - 429 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Andrew Wilson - 1877 - 226 páginas
...head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings : like gauze they grew : Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew. In these latter instances, as in the case of the butterfly, the nutrition of the insects has been proceeding... | |
| Frederick Scarlett Potter - 1877 - 138 páginas
...head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings : like gauze they grew ; Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew." All the party listened in silence to Philip whilst he recited these verses, and no one spoke for some... | |
| Ontario. Legislative Assembly - 1878 - 638 páginas
...impulse rent the veil ч Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings : like gauze they grew ; Through...pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew. THE HESSIAN FLY. (Ceddomyia destructor Say. — Díptera : Tipulidœ. Вт THE REV. С. JS BETHÜNE,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1878 - 230 páginas
...to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. " He dried his wings : like gauze they grew : Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." I said, " When first the world began, Young Nature thro' five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1878 - 688 páginas
...to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. ' He dried his wings : like gauze they grew : Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew.' I said, ' When first the world began, Young Nature thro' five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
| PETER BAYNE, M.A., LL.D - 1879 - 564 páginas
...inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk; from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings: like gauze they grew: Through...pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew. 13 The reply of the poet is that man is nature's highest product —the obvious suggestion being that... | |
| Andrew Wilson - 1879 - 450 páginas
...impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. " He dried his wings : like gauze they grew : Through...pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." In a closing sentence, permit me to point out what I conceive to be the true place and function of... | |
| Peter Bayne - 1879 - 470 páginas
...rent the veil Of his old husk ; from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried hia wings : like gauze they grew : Through crofts and...pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew. The reply of the poet is that man is nature's highest product — the obvious suggestion being that... | |
| Peter Bayne - 1879 - 464 páginas
...inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk ; from head to tail Game out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings : like gauze they grew : Through crofts and pastures wet with dew, A living Hash of light he flew. The reply of the poet is that man is nature's highest product — the obvious... | |
| Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - 1880 - 282 páginas
...inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings ; like gauze they grew ; Through...pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." Any one who observes the rapid flight of the dragon-fly, and indeed the majority of insects, must be... | |
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