Dear to thy nestlings and precious to me. Bright in eccentric flight, Gleaming with purest white, Floating through ether, all buoyant and free ; Raptured, I've seen thee swerve From thy fantastic curve, Dropping with call-note to sport on the lea. Oft... Poems - Page 90by Edward Capern - 1859 - 188 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edward Capern - 1856 - 216 pages
...sweetest perfume ; Of halcyon moments, and happiest hours, Of down-buttoned willows and beautiful flowers. THE SEAGULL. BIRD of the Ocean, Graceful in motion,...from inland to sea ; Oft I in fancy pace Over thy dwelling place, Dear to thy nestlings and precious to me. Bright in eccentric flight, Gleaming with... | |
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1856 - 800 pages
...description of tho habits of the bird is as true to nature as the sentiment is genuine and fresh : — Bird of the ocean. Graceful in motion, Swift in thy...passage from inland to sea, Oft I in fancy pace Over thy dwelling place, Dear to thy nestlings and precious to me. Bright in eccentric flight, Gleaming with... | |
| Edward Capern - 1856 - 246 pages
...halcyon moments, and happiest hours, Of down-buttoned willows and beautiful flowers. THE SEAGULL. BIBD of the Ocean, Graceful in motion, Swift in thy passage...from inland to sea ; Oft I in fancy pace Over thy dwelling place, Dear to thy nestlings and precious to me. Bright in eccentric flight, • Gleaming... | |
| Edward Capern - English poetry - 1859 - 218 pages
...sweetest perfume ; Of halcyon moments, and happiest hours, Of down-buttoned willows and beautiful flowers. THE SEA-GULL. BIRD of the ocean, Graceful in motion,...white, Floating through ether, all buoyant and free ; Raptured, I've seen thee swerve From thy fantastic curve, Dropping with call-note to sport on the... | |
| Francis William Newman - 1868 - 226 pages
...were moments near her : Heav'n ne'er form'da brighter maid, Nor Pity wept a dearer. THE SEA GULL. 1. BIRD of the Ocean, | graceful in motion, Swift in...from inland to sea ! Oft I in fancy pace | over thy dwelling place, Dear to thy nestlings, and precious to me. 2. Bright in eccentric flight, | gleaming... | |
| Mary Elizabeth Townsend - 1876 - 336 pages
...whenever he come to me, Shall come on the wild unbounded sea ! BARRY CORNWALL. THE SEA-GULL. SPRITE of the ocean, Graceful in motion, Swift in thy passage...white, Floating through ether all buoyant and free, Raptured I've seen thee swerve From thy fantastic curve, Dropping with call-note to sport on the lea.... | |
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