 twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, •";?• That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wide wilderness You came across the sea.  The Universal magazine - Page 2281807Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Smith - 1807 - 236 pages
...day. As fables tell, an Indian Sage, The Hindostani woods among, Could in his desert hermitage, As if 'twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild...bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wide wilderness... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Birds - 1815 - 170 pages
...day. As fables tell, an Indian Sage, The Hindostanic woods among, Could in his desert hermitage, As if 'twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild...bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wide wilderness... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - English poetry - 1825 - 472 pages
...Could in his desert hermitage, As if 'twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild bird's song. 1 wish I did his power possess, That 1 might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wide wilderness You came across the sea. I would a little while restrain... | |
 | 1840 - 534 pages
...tell, an Indian sage, The Hindoslani woods among, Could in his desert hermitage, As if 'twere marked in written page, Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, That I might learn, fleet bird from thee. What our vain systems only guess. And know from what wide wilderne**... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...day. As fables tell, an Indian sage, The Hindostani woods among, Could, in his desert hermitage, As if 'twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild...song. I wish I did his power possess, •";?• That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wide wilderness... | |
 | Periodicals - 1840 - 272 pages
...tell, an Indian sage, The Hindo^lani woods among. Could in his desert hermitage, As if 'twere marked in written page. Translate the wild bird's song. I...power possess, That 1 might learn, fleet bird from thec, VYliat our vain systems only gucsi, Arid knot* from what wide wilderneu You cama acrora the tea.... | |
 | Periodicals - 1840 - 274 pages
...tell, an Indian sage, The Hindoslani woods among. Could in his desert hermitage. As if 'twere marked in written page, Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess. That I might learn, fleet bird from thee. W hat our vain systems only guess. And know from what wide wilderness... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...day. As fables tell, an Indian sage,* The Hindostani woods among, Could in his desert hermitage, As if 'twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild...bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wide wilderness... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...day. As fables tell, an Indian Sage, The Hindustani woods among, Could in his desert hermitage, As if 'twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild...bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wild wilderness... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 pages
...Sage, The Hindustani woods among, Could in his desert hermitage, As if 'twere mark'd in written pagp, Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, That I might learn, fleet bird, from thfe, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wild wilderness... | |
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