 He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange...  The Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 202by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 580 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lydia Maria Child - Old age - 1865 - 482 pages
...bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. . And yet, as angels,...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. HEN*RY VAUGHAN. A LOVE AFFAIR AT CRANFORD. BY MRS. GASKELL. THOUGHT, after Miss Jenkyns's death, that... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - Old age - 1865 - 478 pages
...bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels, in...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. HENET VAUGHAN. A LOVE AFFAIR AT CRANFORD. BY MRS. GASKELL. THOUGHT, after Miss Jenkyns's death, that... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...Mere glimmering and decays. Theg are all gone. Dear beauteous death ; the jewel of the just. Ibid. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to...transcend our wonted themes. And into glory peep. Ibid. ROGER L'ESTRANGE. 1616-1704. Though this may be play to yon, 'T is death to us.* Fables from... | |
 | R. C. J. - English poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in...peep. If a star were confined into a tomb, Her captive flames must needs burn there : But, when the hand that locked her up gives room, She'll shine through... | |
 | Lucy Pauline Wright Hobart - Consolation - 1867 - 534 pages
...bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair vale or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in...our wonted themes, And into glory peep. If a star be confined into a tomb, Her captive flames must needs burn there ; But when the hand that locked her... | |
 | Christianity - 1867 - 532 pages
...birds' nest, may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair grove or field he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet as angels in...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. If a bright star were prisoned in a tomb, Her captive flame must needs burn there ; But when the hand that... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. 25 And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to...into glory peep. If a star were confined into a tomb, 30 Her captive flames must n'eeds burn there ; But when the hand that locked her up gives room, She'll... | |
 | Arthur Middleton - Biography - 1868 - 236 pages
...bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. " And yet as angels in...thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep ! " Palmer and Howe, Printers, Manehester. ... | |
 | Anna Jane Buckland - 1868 - 256 pages
...bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; ' But what fair field or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown ! " ' And yet as angels...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep." I lighted my aunt's candle before I quitted the room, and left her still sitting in her arm-chair before... | |
 | 1868 - 676 pages
...bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as Angels in...sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted theams, And into glory peep.' s His lines on Peace, beginning, ' My Soul, there is a Countrie,' are... | |
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