 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...  The Living Authors of England - 42. oldalszerző: Thomas Powell - 1849 - 316 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | John Denison Champlin - 1885 - 712 oldal
...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." The dragon-fly belongs to the order neuroptera, or membranewinged INSECTS. DREDGE. Rivers and harbors... | |
 | John Philip - 1886 - 250 oldal
...beautifully describes it : — " 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...pastures, wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew." Who is there that does not, or should not, rejoice to see youth playful and happy ! That is a most... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1886 - 694 oldal
...dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. ' He dried his wings : like gauze they grew ; Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of...I said, ' When first the world began, Young Nature thro' five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded man. ' She gave him mind, the lordliest Proportion,... | |
 | 1886 - 406 oldal
...which the voice did urge reply : " 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. 8 The Two Voices, I said, " When first the world began, Young Nature through five cycles ran, And in... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1888 - 336 oldal
...which the voice did urge reply ; ' 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...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... | |
 | Henry Faulds - 1888 - 326 oldal
...our greatest modern poet : — " 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...sapphire mail. He dried his wings : like gauze they grew : Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash oflight he flew." We had several varieties... | |
 | John Monro Gibson - 1889 - 310 oldal
...in the words of tho Laureate— " 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...gauze they grew; Through crofts and pastures wet with de\v, A living flash of light he flew." The same animal as before; but how different the life! " Old... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1889 - 894 oldal
...which the voice did urge reply ; ' 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. ' Hedried his wings : likegauze they grew ; Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1889 - 120 oldal
...To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil 10 Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. 1-6. They who are visited by the Mater Tenebraruui have lost, through sorrow, that spiritual vitality,... | |
 | Massachusetts Horticultural Society - 1890 - 726 oldal
...described the final development thus : "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. " lie dried his wings : like ganze they grew : Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew, A living flash... | |
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