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
| 1876 - 564 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...bestrode his fire-fly steed ; He bared his blade of the bent-grass blue ; He drove his spurs of the cockle-seed, And away like a glance of thought he flew,... | |
| Edward Austin Sheldon - 1875 - 444 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...And the quivering lance which he brandished bright 2. Swift he bestrode his fire-fly steed ; He bared his blade of the bent grass blue ; He drove his... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 páginas
...the wild bee's golden vest ; His cloak, of a thousand mingled dyes, Was formed of the wings of the butterflies ; His shield was the shell of a lady-bug queen, Studs of gold on the ground of green ; And the quivering lance which he brandished bright, Was the sting of a wasp he... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 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...bestrode his firefly steed ; He bared his blade of the bent-grass blue ; He drove his spurs of the cockle-seed, And away like a glance of thought he flew... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 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...bestrode his firefly steed ; He bared his blade of the bent-grass blue ; He drove his spurs of the cockle-seed, And away like a glance of thought he flew... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 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, Btuds of gold on a ground of green ; And the quivering lance which ho brandished bright, Was the sting... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 páginas
...his breast Vf as once the wild bee's golden vest ; His cloak, of a thousand mingled dyes, Was form'd their field of fame. And Ocean was their grave : Where brandish'd bright Was the sting of a wasp he had slain iu fight. Swift he bestrode his fire-fly steed... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 páginas
...that guarded his breast WIIB ODCO the wild bee's golden vest ; His clonk of a thousand mingled dyes f toil and quest, A famished pilgrim, — saved by miracle. Though I lady-bag queen, Studs of gold on a ground of green ; And the quivering Innce which he brandished bright... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 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 flght. Swift he bestrode his fire-fly steed ; He bared his blade of the bent-grass blue ; He drove... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 páginas
...vest ; His cloak of n thousand mingled dyes Was formed of the wings of butterflies; His shield wiis the shell of a lady-bug queen, Studs of gold on a ground of green ; And the quivering Innco which he brandished bright Was the sting of л wasp he had flaiu in ll„'ht." When Drake wns... | |
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