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 - Page 121by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1846 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Powell - Authors, English - 1849 - 326 pages
...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 —...mail. He dried his wings — like gauze they grew, Through crofts and pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew.' I said, ' when first the... | |
| Thomas Powell - Authors, English - 1849 - 328 pages
...wonderfully made.' To which the voice did urge reply, ' To-day I saw the dragon-fly An inner impulse rant the veil Of his old husk — from head to tail Came...mail. He dried his wings — like gauze they grew, Through crofts and pastures wet with dew, A living flash of light he flew.' I said, ' when first the... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 402 pages
...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 - 1851 - 1851 - 300 pages
...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 through five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1851 - 290 pages
...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 through five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
| Thomas Powell - Authors, English - 1851 - 216 pages
...which the voice did urge reply, •To-day I saw thedragou-fly Come from the wells where he did lie,' An inner Impulse rent the veil Of his old husk — from head to tall Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings— like gauze they grew, Through crofts... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - Country life - 1854 - 584 pages
...evenings earth-worms come out of their holes in search of food, or for the purpose of propagation. 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. Miss Mitford, who is ever... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - Country life - 1854 - 592 pages
...to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings ; like gauze they grew ; Through crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew. Miss Mitford, who is ever an accurate and intelligent observer of nature, tells us, that " walking... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 404 pages
...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...pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." u I said, " "When first the world began, Toung Nature thro' five cycles ran, And in the sixth she moulded... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 366 pages
...which the voice did urge reply : " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. lt An inner impulse rent the veil ^ Of his old husk :...mail. " He dried his wings : like gauze they grew : Through crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew." I said, " When first the... | |
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