 | 1869 - 636 pages
...FRANCES M. WILBRAHAM. ' He who huth found a fledged bird's nest, can tell At first sight that the bird is flown ; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.' Vaughan. My dear Friend, You express a wish for some more detailed and connected account than we have... | |
 | Not - Death - 1869 - 168 pages
...dust Could man outlook that mark ! THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, 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, it sings in now, This is to him unknown.3s REMEMBER, fEAVEN is not a solitude ; it... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be...or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. 1 This expression has been repeated by Campbell in hit verses on the Rainbow. SIR JOHN DENHAM. (1615—1668.)... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - Congregational churches - 1871 - 426 pages
...| in the dark ; What mysteries do lie be - | yond thy d/ust, Could man out - | Inn!:, that mark ! \ He that hath found some fledged bird's | nest may...grove he ) sings in now, That is to | him unknown. 5 And yet, as angels in some | brighter dreams [sleep ; Call to the soul when | man doth So some strange... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...Shining nowhere but in the dark ! What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! And man, whose heaven-erected face The smiles of love...inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn ! VIII. iu now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man... | |
 | John Stanford Holme - Death - 1871 - 364 pages
...— " he giveth up the ghost, and where is he ?" These questions are unanswered and unanswerable. " He that hath found some fledged 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." C. STANFORD. FRIENDSHIPS OF HEAVEN. MAN is... | |
 | Henry Vaughan - English literature - 1871 - 420 pages
...What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust ; Could man outlook that murk ! He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest, may know At first sight, if the bird be flown ; ]?ut what fair welli or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 748 pages
...What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark! He that hath found some fledge 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... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark! 20 He that hath found some fledg'd 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... | |
 | Susan Stewart - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 472 pages
...beginning "They are all gone into the world of light! / And I alone sit ling'ring here" (1655) suggests: 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.'4 fragment of elegiacs by Venantius Fortunatas... | |
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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. 
