 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 Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 691827Full view - About this book
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men. HENRY VATJGHAN. 1614-1695. Ascension-Hymn. And yet, as Angels in some brighter dreams Call to...sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted theams, And into glory peep. EARL OF ROSCOMMON. 1633-1684. . Essay on Translated Verse. Immodest words... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - Christian poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...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 some brighter dreams...wonted themes, And into glory peep. If a star were confin'd into a tomb, Her captive flames must needs burn there ; But when the hand that locked her... | |
 | Australian periodicals - 1858 - 674 pages
...Shining nowhere but in the dark : What mysteries do lie beyond that dust, Could man outlook that mark ! And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to...peep. If a star were confined into a tomb, Her captive flame must needs burn there ; But, when the hand that shuts her up gives room, She'll shine through... | |
 | Australia - 1858 - 668 pages
...Shining nowhere but in the dark ; What mysteries do lie beyond that dust, Could man outlook that mark ! And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to...into glory peep. If a star were confined into a tomb, i Her captive flame must needs burn there ; But, when the hand that shuts her up gives room, She'll... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1859 - 552 pages
...field or grove he sings in now That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter ilrrnms Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. Indeed, our most definite views of that glory is but a glimpse, a guess, a look as through a dim glass... | |
 | Old age in literature - 1861 - 144 pages
...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 some brighter dreams...there, But when the hand that locked her up gives room, She'll shine through all the sphere. O Father of eternal life, and all Created glories under thee,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American literature - 1861 - 498 pages
...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 some brighter dreams..." If a star were confined into a tomb, Her captive flame must needs burn there ; But when the hand that locked her up gave room, She'd shine through all... | |
 | Sunday schools - 1862 - 216 pages
...know At first sipht if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove ho sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams,...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. HESRV ТАГОНАЯ, 1654. THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY. Mark iv. 26. If this world's friends might see... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...sight, if the bird be flown ; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. yet, as angels, in some brighter dreams, Call to the...transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. Father ! disperse the mists which blot and fill My perspective still as they pass ; Or else remove... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 pages
...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 some brighter dreams,...peep. If a star were confined into a tomb, Her captive flame must needs burn there; But when the hand that locked her up gave room, She'd shine through all... | |
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