...cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstasy ! Tet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day 1" See how gaily the Queen of Spain butterfly (Arffynnis Lathonia) skims along the air, sporting in...

...silent extacy, Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a web and slept ; And such is man ; soon from his cell of clay, To burst a seraph in the blaze of day." How CLOSELY is this allied to the hey-day of our youth, full of hopes and pleasures, at length " To...

...fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. Thus shall thy wings, rich as au evening sky, Expand and shnt with silent ecstasy. Yet wert thou once a worm —...! And such is man : soon from his cell of clay To hurst a seraph in the blaze of day ! ROGERS. IN our last paper we considered a few of the many wonderful...

...—Trace all the mother in the child! * Alluding to some verses which she had written on an elder sister. TO THE BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun! pursue thy rapturous...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! TO THE FRAGMENT OF A STATUE OF HERCULES, COMMONLY f vi.rl n THE TORSO. AND dost thou still, thou...

...cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut with silent ecstacy ! Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day. ROOERS. XXVIII. BOOKS. " IT is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds,...

...ecstacy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm, a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb, and And such is man ; soon from his cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! INSCRIPTION FOR A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO THE SHADES. APPROACH with reverence. There are those within...

...gore. Hark, thy shrill horn its fearful larum flings ! — I wake in horror, and dare sleep no more ! TO THE BUTTERFLY. CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous...cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! AN EPITAPH ON A ROBIN KED-BKEAST.* TREAD lightly here, for here, 'tis said, When piping -winds are...

...unfold. Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut, with silent ecstasy ! Yet wert thou...cell of clay To burst, a seraph in the blaze of day. ! ; illt tt |ta« JTw. Chateaubriand. TL descend le cercueil : et les roses sans taehe Qu'un pere y...

...cups of gold ; There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky, Expand and shut In silent ecstasy : Tet wert thou once a worm — a thing that crept On the...man— soon from his cell of clay To burst a seraph hi the blaze of day.' And then, again, how easy is the transition, from such a comparison as this,...

...Expand and shut with silent ecstacy ! — Yet wert thou once a worm ; a thing, that crept On the hare earth, then wrought a tomb, and slept ! And such is...cell of clay To burst a seraph, in the blaze of day ! ROGER8. It has been beautifully observed, that the Chrysalis is the eracUe of the ' Butterfly, at...