 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...; And love, and thought, and joy. TO A BUTTERFLY. I'VE watch'd you now a full half-hour Seli-poised upon that yellow flower ; And, little butterfly, indeed,...motionless ; and then What joy awaits you, when the breezo Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard ground... | |
 | Children - 1859 - 198 pages
...a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. THE OLD MAN AND THE BUTTERFLY. I'VE watch'd you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower; And,...the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard-ground is ours ; My trees they are, my Sister's flowers ; Here rest your wings when they are... | |
 | Education - 1859 - 396 pages
...grief brought her to a bed of sickness, where she lay many months in danger. TO A BUTTERFLY. I 'VE watched you now a short half-hour, Self-poised upon...the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And call» you forth again ! Tine plot of orchard ground is ours ; My trees they are, my sister's flowers... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...Tilbury Ferry To the plain of Salisbury. . Skelton CXLV TO A BUTTERFLY I've watch'd you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower ; And,...motionless ! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Has found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard-ground is ours... | |
 | Popular poetry - English poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...thce, thou busy, busy bee ! Southey. THE BUTTERFLY. I'VE watch'd you now a full half-hour, Sitting upon that yellow flower, And, little butterfly, indeed,...I know not if you sleep or feed ; How motionless, how still you seem, And do you muse, or do you dream P Till, softly shaking you, the breeze Has found... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...played ; And thine, too, is the last green field That Lucy's eyes surveyed. Wordsworth. TO A BUTTERFL Y. I've watched you now a short half-hour, Self-poised...the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard-ground is ours : My trees they are, my sister's flowers ; Here rest your wings when they are... | |
 | Belgravia - 1866 - 616 pages
...watching and dreamy meditation. He knew not if it slept or was feeding the while, so motionless was it ; not frozen seas more motionless : . and then, What...the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And call'd you forth again I This plot of orchard ground is ours, My trees they are, my sister's flowers.... | |
 | 1868 - 738 pages
...motionless, one wonders if action and life have passed from them. 'I've watched you now a full half hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower ; And, little...butterfly, indeed I know not if you sleep or feed.' And equally beautiful as either moth or butterfly are our varied species of dragon-flies, with their... | |
 | Gems - Natural history - 1868 - 194 pages
...he makes his nest." 8 EAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES. Б EAUTIFUL BU TTERFLIES . I've watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower; And little butterfly! indeed, I know uot if you sleep or feed. How motionless ! — nor frozen seas More motionless! — and then, What... | |
 | Child - 1871 - 328 pages
...the joyous lay, Come forth to the sunshine, I may not stay. A WELCOME TO A BUTTERFLY. 'VE watch 'd you now a short half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow...the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard-ground is ours : My trees they are, my sister's flowers ; Here rest your wings when they are... | |
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I'VE watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower ; And, little Butterfly ! indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless ! — not frozen seas More motionless ! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found... 
