He put his acorn helmet on ; It was plumed of the silk of the thistle down : The corslet plate that guarded his breast Was once the wild bee's golden vest ; His cloak, of a thousand mingled dyes, Was formed of the wings of butterflies ; His shield was... The Poets of America - Página 36editado por - 1840 - 284 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1835 - 518 páginas
...corslet-plate that guarded his breast Was once the wild bee's golden vest ; His cloak, of the rainbow's mingled dies, Was formed of the wings of butterflies ; His shield was the shell of a ladybird queen, Spots of gold on a ground of green ; And the quivering lance, which he brandished bright,... | |
| 1835 - 842 páginas
...that guarded his breast Was once the wild bee's golden vest ; His cloak of a thousand mingled dyes, Was formed of the wings of butterflies; His shield...brandished bright Was the sting of a wasp he had slain in fighu We shall now be understood. Were any of the admirers of the Culprit Fay asked their opinion of... | |
| Joseph Rodman Drake - 1835 - 226 páginas
...that guarded his breast Was once the wild bee's golden vest ; His cloak, of a thousand mingled dyes, Was formed of the wings of butterflies ; His shield...of the bent grass blue ; He drove his spurs of the cockle seed, And away like a glance of thought he flew, To skim the heavens and follow far The fiery... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1836 - 530 páginas
...that guarded his breast Was once the wild bee's golden vest; His cloak, of a thousand mingled dyes, Was formed of the wings of butterflies; His shield was the shell of a lady-bug queen, And the quivering lance which he brandished bright, • Studs of gold on a ground of green; Was the... | |
| 1836 - 802 páginas
...thousand mingled dyvs, Was formed of the w ings of bnflcrflics ; His shield was the .shell of a Indy-bug queen, Studs of gold on a ground of green ;* And the quivering lance which he brandished br.jlii Was the sling of a wasp he had slain in figliL We shall now be understood. Were any of the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 páginas
...that guarded his breast Was once the wild bee's golden vest ; His cloak, of a thousand mingled dyes, Was formed of the wings of butterflies; His shield...ground of green ; And the quivering lance which he brandish'd bright, Was the sting of a wasp he had slain in fight. Swift he bestrode his fire-fly steed... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 páginas
...a lady-bug queen, Studs of gold on a ground of green ; And the quivering lance which he brandish 'd bright, Was the sting of a wasp he had slain in fight....grass blue ; He drove his spurs of the cockle-seed, The moth-fly, as he shot in air, Crept under the leaf, and hid her there; The katy-did forgot its lay,... | |
| Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 páginas
...guarded his breast Was once the wild bee's golden vest ; His cloak, of the rainbow's mingled dyes, Was formed of the wings of butterflies; His shield was the shell of the lady-bug queen, Spots of gold an a ground of green ; And the quivering lance which he brandish'... | |
| 1845 - 614 páginas
...of the silk of the thistle-down j The corslet plate that guarded his breast Was once the wild bee's golden vest ; His cloak, of a thousand mingled dies,...green ; And the quivering lance which he brandished br.ght, Was the sting of a wasp he had slain in fight. Swift he bestrode his fire-fly steed ; He bared... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 páginas
...that guarded hia breast Was once the wild bee's golden vest ; His cloak, of a thousand mingled dyes, Was formed of the wings of butterflies; His shield...a ground of green ; And the quivering lance which hehrandish'd bright, Was the sting of a wnsp he had slain in fight. Swifi he bestrode his fire-fly... | |
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