 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...  Poems - 121. oldalszerző: Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 235 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | William Francis Ainsworth - 1875 - 740 oldal
...continuation of the species in time. " 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: Through crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." In the crabs and other members... | |
 | 1870 - 466 oldal
...: "To-day I saw the Dragon Fly Come from the wells where he did lie. An inner impulse rent the vail Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear...sapphire mail. He dried his wings ; like gauze they grew ; Through crafts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." What a vivid illustration... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 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...head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. I said, " When first the world began, Young Nature thro' five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1876 - 452 oldal
...which the voice did urge reply ; ,,To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where lie did lie. ,/An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk:...with dew A living flash of light he flew." I said, ,,AVhen first the world began, Young Nature thro* five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded man.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 474 oldal
...To-day I saw the Dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie ; An inner impulse rent the veil By his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates...sapphire mail. He dried his wings : like gauze they grew, Through croft and pasture wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew." —TENNYSON. If in your walks... | |
 | Frederick Scarlett Potter - 1877 - 138 oldal
...about it which I remember : — " 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." All the party listened in silence to Philip whilst he recited these verses, and no one spoke for some... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - 1877 - 226 oldal
...described this change in his lines : 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. In these latter instances, as in the case of the butterfly, the nutrition of the insects has been proceeding... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1877 - 392 oldal
...clear plates of sapphire mail. "He dried his wings: like ganze they greei Th-o' crofts and pastnres wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." I said, "When first the world hegan. Yonng Natnre thro' five cycles ran, And in the eixth she monlded man. "She gave him mind, the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1878 - 688 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...the sixth she moulded man. ' She gave him mind, the Iordl;est Proportion, and, above the rest, Dominion in the head and breast." Thereto the silent voice... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1878 - 364 oldal
...the wondrous transformation : — ' 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, 44 BUTTERFLY HAWKIXO. £ Through croft and pasture wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew.'... | |
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