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" Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting the body's vest aside, My soul into the boughs does glide; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and combs its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight,... "
The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature - Page 37
1835
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Parnassus

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 488 pages
...seas, Annihilating all that's made To a green thought in a green shade. Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting the body's vest aside, My soul into the houghs does glide: There, like a bird, it "sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And,...
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Specimens, with memoirs, of the less-known British poets. With an ..., Volume 1

George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...Annihilating all that 's made To a green thought in a green shade. 6 Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting...boughs does glide; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...
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Nature and Art: Poems and Pictures from the Best Authors and Artists

1881 - 222 pages
...; Annihilating all that 's made To a green thought in a green shade. Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...
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Harper's Cyclopędia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...seas; Annihilating all that's made To a green thought in a green shade. Here at the fountain's sliding sen and air With their sweet jargouing! And now 'twas...Now like .a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's s sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...
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The Fireside Encyclopaedia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most ...

Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...made To a green thought in a green shade. Here at the fountain's sliding foot 'Or at some fruit tree's mossy root, Casting the body's vest aside My soul...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...
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The Works of Charles Lamb ...

Charles Lamb - 1881 - 472 pages
...green thought in a green shade. Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mo^sy root, Casting the body's vest aside, My soul into...boughs does glide; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then wets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...
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Life, Letters, and Writings, Volume 3

Charles Lamb - 1882 - 464 pages
...; Annihilating all that's made To a green thought in a green shade. Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then wets and claps its silver wings And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 2

Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 pages
...seas, Annihilating all that 's made To a green thought in a green shade. Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting...boughs does glide : There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...
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Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...seas; Annihilating all that's made To a green thought in a greeu shade. Here at the fountain's sliding / docs glide: There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: And Selections from My Favourite Poets and ...

Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 pages
...; Annihilating all that's made To a green thought in a green shade. Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting...boughs does glide : There like a bird it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings ; And till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...
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