 Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. " He dried his wings : like gauze they grew : Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew.  Natural Science - Page 6391892Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Powell - 1851 - 216 lehte
...shade What is so wonderfully made.' To which the voice did urge reply, •To-day I saw thedragou-fly Come from the wells where he did lie,' An inner Impulse rent the veil Of his old husk — from head to tall Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings— like gauze they grew, Through crofts... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 592 lehte
...which they pass their aurelia state.* * The poetical reader will recal Tennyson's lovely liues hi " The Two Voices." To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. The formica herculanea, or horse-ant, in the beginning of this month recommences its annual labours... | |
 | Mrs. Alfred Gatty - 1861 - 264 lehte
...vividly before the eye and mind at once, as Mr Tennyson's truly magnificent lines at the opening of " The Two Voices"?— " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come...did lie. " An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk—from head to tail, Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. The reader should notice the expression... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 366 lehte
...Let me not cast in endless shade What is so wonderfully made." To which the voice did urge reply : " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. lt An inner impulse rent the veil ^ Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire... | |
 | 1868 - 770 lehte
...of light and sunshine a gorgeous, but repulsive being. Tennyson thus describes these changes in "The Two Voices" : — To-day I saw the Dragon-fly Come...wells where he did lie. An inner impulse rent the veil Or his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings ; like... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1870 - 264 lehte
..."Let me not cast in endless shade What is so wonderfully made." To which the voice did urge reply : "To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where...impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from head to tall Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. " He dried his wings : like ganze they grew : Thro' crofts... | |
 | rev Andrew Cameron - 1870 - 772 lehte
...oui own has seen the same beautiful process, and speaks of it in splendid words :— " To-day I »aw the dragonfly Come from the wells where he did lie. An inner impulse rent the veil Of hù old hnsk : from head to tall Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings, like gauze... | |
 | 1875 - 854 lehte
...enough to be caught and lucidly expressed. In one aspect of Mr. Tennyson's literature man is a fly: " To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where...did lie. An Inner Impulse rent the veil Of his old 1 1 1 1 - K : from bead to tall Came oat clear plates of sapphire mall. He dried his wings : like gauze... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - 1873 - 256 lehte
...being. Tennyson thus describes these changes in "The Two Voices" : — To-day I saw the Dragon fly Come from the wells where he did lie. An Inner Impulse rent the veil Of his old husk: from head to tall Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings; like gauze they grew; Through crofts... | |
 | 1870 - 466 lehte
...these changes, to which I can not refuse a place in this connection : "To-day I saw the Dragon Fly Come from the wells where he did lie. An inner impulse rent the vail Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings... | |
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