Oh to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. The New England Farmer - Seite 3991855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 Seiten
...kiss." POEMS WRITTEN FOE A CHILD.* THE SKYLARK. BIRD of the wilderness, Blithesome and eumherless, Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — O to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the... | |
| Johann Matthaeus Bechstein - 1871 - 512 Seiten
...intervals." — M'Oillivray. The following beautiful lines on the Skylark are by James Hogg: — " Bird of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumberless,...o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — • O to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay, and loud, Far in... | |
| Johann Matthäus Bechstein - 1871 - 510 Seiten
...intervals." — JH'Gittivray. The following beautiful lines on the Skylark are by James Hogg : — " Bird of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumberless,...o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place— O to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay, and loud, Far in the... | |
| Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 Seiten
...will no longer hold it, and which has sought a resting-place on the surface of the waters. Hue. 70. THE SKYLARK. BIRD of the wilderness, Blithesome and...cumberless, Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea I Emblem of happiness, Blessed is thy dwelling-place,— Oh, to abide in the desert with thee 1 Wild... | |
| William Roger Greeley - 1906 - 224 Seiten
...The sundown splendid and serene, Death. JAMES HOGG THE SKY-LARK BIRD of the wilderness, Blythesome and cumberless, Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — O to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud Far in the downy... | |
| 1905 - 584 Seiten
...Up in yon glen sae grassy yet ; For all I see V.—THE SKYLARK. BIRD of the wilderness, Blythesome and cumberless, Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — O to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the... | |
| Frederick William Hackwood - 1906 - 230 Seiten
...expressed so beautifully by the Ettrick Shepherd— " Bird of the wilderness, Blithesome and cnmberless, Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place,— O to abide in the desert with thee ! " And with Shelley's luxuriant imagery... | |
| Robert Maynard Leonard - 1909 - 636 Seiten
...kindly, they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well. AARON HILL. 228 469. THE SKYLARK BIRD of the wilderness, Blithesome and...o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the... | |
| Anna Callender Brackett - 1909 - 374 Seiten
...thus I see among these pleasant things Each care decays, and yet my sorrow springs. Henry Howard. 'S3 THE SKYLARK. Bird of the wilderness, Blithesome and...o'er moorland and lea ! Emblem of happiness Blest is thy dwelling-place, — O, to abide in the desert with thee ! Wild is thy lay and loud Far in the... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1909 - 428 Seiten
...ocean-side" "pathless coast" "the abyss of heaven hath swallowed up thy form" 10 THE SKYLAKK JAMES HOGG Bird of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumberless,...o'er moorland and lea! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling place,— O to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the... | |
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