PARADISE AND THE PERI. ONE morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood, disconsolate : And as she listen'd to the Springs Of Life within, like music flowing, And caught the light upon her wings Through the half-open portal glowing, She wept to think her recreant... The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine - Seite 2841817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 Seiten
...PERI. BY THOMAS MOORE. NE morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood, disconsolate ; And as she listened to the springs Of life within, like music flowing,...recreant race Should e'er have lost that glorious place ! " How happy," exclaimed this child of air, "Are the holy Spirits who wander there, 'Mid flowers that... | |
| Alfonzo Gardiner - 1874 - 104 Seiten
...diseonsolate;* And as she listen'd to the springs Of life within,* like musie flowing, (5) And eaught the light upon her wings Through the half-open portal* glowing, * She wept to think her reereant0 rave Should e'er have lost that glorious plaee ! 1. The Pe'-rls, among the Persians, are... | |
| John Swain (Writer of Verse.) - 1877 - 436 Seiten
...PARADISE AND THE PERI. ONE morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood, disconsolate : And as she listen'd to the Springs Of Life within, like music flowing,...recreant race Should e'er have lost that glorious place ! " How happy !" exclaim'd this child of air, "Are the holy spirits who wander there, 'Mid flowers... | |
| Frederick Edward Hulme - 1877 - 270 Seiten
...Peri," commencing — " One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood, disconsolate ; And as she listen'd to the Springs Of Life within, like music flowing,...recreant race Should e'er have lost that glorious place." 113. The kingfisher, frequently called halcyon by the poets, from an old myth that the kingfisher bred... | |
| Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 Seiten
...REPENTANCE.— (Moore.) ONE morn a Peri at the gate of Eden stood, disconsolate ; and as she listened to the springs of life within, like music flowing,...recreant race should e'er have lost that glorious place ! " How happy," exclaimed this child of air, "are the holy spirits who wander there, 'mid flowers that... | |
| Code poetical reader - 1877 - 168 Seiten
...Luminous, giving light. morn a Peri * at the gate Of Eden stood, disconsolate ; * And as she listened to the springs Of life within, like music flowing, And caught the light upon her wings Through the half open portal * glowing. She wept to think her recreant * race Should e'er have lost that glorious... | |
| John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 232 Seiten
...v '. - ONE morn a Peri1 at the gate .... '"- 01 Eden stood, disconsolate; V '..And as she listen'd to the springs Of life within, like music flowing,...the half-open portal glowing, She wept to think her recreant2 race Should e'er have lost that glorious place ! " How happy," exclaim'd this c.hild of air,... | |
| Thomas Moore, John Francis Waller - 1879 - 572 Seiten
...PARADISE AND THE PERI. ONE morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood, disconsolate; And as she listen'd to the Springs Of Life within, like music flowing,...recreant race Should e'er have lost that glorious place ! "How happy," exclaim'd this child of air. "Are the holy Spirits who wander there, Mid flowers that... | |
| New reader - 1879 - 392 Seiten
...THAR OF REPENTANCE. ONE morn a Peri ' at the gate Of Eden stood, disconsolate ; And as she listen'd to the springs Of life within, like music flowing,...half-open portal glowing, She wept to think her recreant 2 race Should e'er have lost that glorious place ! " How happy," exclaim'd this child of air, " Are... | |
| James Burke - 1879 - 276 Seiten
...she listen'd to the springs Of life witliin, like music flowing, And caught the light upon her wim;s. Through the half-open portal glowing — She wept...recreant race Should e'er have lost that glorious place. " How happy," exclaimed this child of air, " Are the holy spirits that wander there 'Mid flowers that... | |
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