 Till I the prince of love beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide! He shew'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow; He led me through his gardens fair Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May dews my wings were wet, And Phoebus...  Californian Illustrated Magazine - Page 4501893Full view - About this book
 | Theology - 1870 - 588 pages
...playful fancy, written by Blake when he was scarcely thirteen years of age : — " How sweet I roam'd from field to field, And tasted all the summer's pride, Till I the prince of Love beheld. Who in the gunny beams did glide ! He shew'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; He led me... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Liberalism (Religion) - 1873 - 780 pages
...before he was fourteen, which, certainly indicates a somewhat remarkable degree of precocious genius. "How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...prince of love beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide 1 He showed me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow : He led me through his gardens fair,... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Liberalism (Religion) - 1873 - 772 pages
...before he was fourteen, which certainly indicates a somewhat remarkable degree of precocious genins. ', How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted all the summ T'S pride, Till I the prince of lore beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide ! He showed me lilies... | |
 | William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...had no tears to shed ; She hugg'd it to her breast, and groan'd her last. SONG. HOW sweet I roam'd from field to field And tasted all the summer's pride,...Love beheld Who in the sunny beams did glide ! He shew'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; He led me through his gardens fair Where... | |
 | 1875 - 782 pages
...Here is another charming one, said to have been written when he was but fourteen years old : — " How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted all the summer's pride, Till I the Prince of Lore beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide " He showed me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1876 - 466 pages
...before he was fourteen years old. It has but one faulty line, the conventional allusion to Phoebus: " How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...led me through his gardens fair Where all his golden treasures grow. " With sweet May-dews my wings were wet, And Phccbus fired my vocal rage ; He caught... | |
 | Literature - 1876 - 1072 pages
...produced by the same youth who, before the age of fourteen, had wiitten the following verse : — " He showed me lilies for my hair. And blushing roses for my brow ; He led mo through his garden fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow." Exit the same opposition of sensibility... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - English poetry - 1878 - 332 pages
...triumph, let me rest — Since by thine eye slain, buried in thy breast. Tkomas Stanby. LOVE'S PRISONER. How sweet I roamed from field to field And tasted...of Love beheld Who in the sunny beams did glide. He show'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow; He led me through his gardens fair Where... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 pages
...triumph, let me rest — Since by thine eye slain, buried in thy breast. Thomas SianlcyLOVE'S PRISONER. How sweet I roamed from field to field And tasted...of Love beheld Who in the sunny beams did glide. He show'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow; He led me through his gardens fair Where... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 636 pages
...The fleeces of our flocks are covered with Thy sacred dew ; protect them with thine influence ! SONG. How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; And led me through his gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures grow. With sweet May-dews my... | |
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