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
| Percy Stickney Grant - Literature - 1922 - 196 pages
...English prose this song of William Blake: "How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted all a summer's pride, Till I, the Prince of Love beheld Who in the sunny beams did glide. [158] "He showed me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow, He led me through his gardens... | |
| Edward Albert - English literature - 1923 - 648 pages
...know. She heard the doleful tidings of his death, And never smiled again. COWPER, The Task, 1785 (5) How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted...for my brow : He led me through his gardens fair, With sweet May-dew's my wings were wet, And Phoebus fired my vocal rage; He caught me in his silken... | |
| Geraldine Emma Hodgson - English literature - 1923 - 328 pages
...his poetry there is, as here, mystery, wrapping his pictures in a shining haze : 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 shewed me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; He led me through his gardens fair Where... | |
| Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 524 pages
...had their day ; Who knows but all is for the best ? WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827) 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... | |
| George Moore - English poetry - 1924 - 152 pages
...clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. WiUiam 'Blaknj 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 show'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; He led me through his gardens fair Where... | |
| George Moore - English poetry - 1924 - 206 pages
...water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. William Blake HOW sweet I roam'd from field to field And tasted all the summer's pride,...Prince of Love beheld, Who in the sunny beams did glide I He show'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow; He led me through his gardens fair... | |
| William Blake - English poetry - 1925 - 558 pages
...she 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,...Prince of Love beheld Who in the sunny beams did glide ! H'j show'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow ; He led me through his gardens... | |
| Osbert Burdett - Authors, English - 1926 - 216 pages
...other to be discerned in them. In the earliest song to be approximately dated : How sweet I roam'd from field to field And tasted all the summer's pride,...I the Prince of Love beheld Who in the sunny beams doth glide! these last two lines are already a picture, a vision clear in outline which seems designed... | |
| Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...man to man the world o'er Shall brithers be for a' that. 40 1795 «HiUiam JBlafee (1757-1827) SONG on his throne, upheld by old repute, Consent or custom,...concealed — Which tempted our attempt, and wrought 5 And blushing roses for my brow; He led me through his gardens fair, Where all his golden pleasures... | |
| Mona Wilson - Artists - 1927 - 476 pages
...before the age of fourteen, in the heat of youthful fancy, unchastised by judgment." 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 show'd me lilies for my hair, And blushing roses for my brow; He lead me through his gardens fair,... | |
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