 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...fears ; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears ; And love, and thought, and joy. TO A BUTTERFLY. 1 >i watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower; And. liiUe Butterfly! indeed 1 know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless! — not frozen seas More motionless!... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1832 - 402 pages
...fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy. IV. TO A BUTTERFLY. I VE watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon...motionless! and then What joy awaits you, when the hreeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again! This plot of Orchard-ground is... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1840 - 390 pages
...sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy. 1801. nr. TO A BUTTERFLY. I'VE watched you now a short half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower ; And,...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...affection pure, He bore the lasting name of " pious Elidure ! " 1815. TO A BUTTERFLY. I 'VE watch'd you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow...you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the treeģ, And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard-ground is ours ; My trees they are, my Sister's... | |
 | L. M. Budgen - 1850 - 418 pages
...resting in that dubious state described by the poet, when he says — " I've watched you now one short half-hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower, And,...butterfly, indeed I know not if you sleep or feed " — are accustomed to have both pairs of wings perpendicularly * Skippers. SKIPPERS. 137 folded.... | |
 | University magazine - 1851 - 796 pages
...expressed than that substituted in the edition of 1836:— " I've watched you now a ihort half hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower ; And, little...motionless! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze I 1 nth round you out among the trees, And calls you forth again 1 " This plot of orchard-ground is... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 416 pages
...affectionate friend, " HENBY YOBNG." THB BUTTERFLY. I've watched you now n full half-hour, Sitting upon that yellow flower, And. little Butterfly, indeed, I know not if yon sleep or feed ; How motionless, how still you seem, And do you muse, or do you dream? Till softly... | |
 | Robert Connel - 1853 - 210 pages
...And humble chickens ate their grain in peace. TO A BUTTERFLY. I've watch'd you now a full half hour, Self-poised upon that yellow flower; And, little butterfly ! indeed, I know not if you sleep or i'eeil. How motionless ! — not frozen seas More motionless! — and then, What joy awaits you when... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...Bard Those idle Shepherd-boys upbraid, And bade them better mind their trade. TO A BUTTERFLY.! I 'VE watched you now a full half-hour, Self-poised upon...Butterfly ! indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. * Ho drew it gently from the pool. — Edit. 1815. t Said they, he's neither maimed nor scarred. —... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
