A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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And then upon its wings

Sustained in air, as if self-balanced, lies,

The lightness of its nature is the cause—

And swiftly, after little pause,

With thousand turns, and thousand idle stops,

Because it is of earth, to earth it drops.

From the Italian of Sanazzaro.

Transient, fickle, light, and gay,

Flattering only to betray;