| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1850 - Liczba stron: 298
...lonely flight of the water-fowl. Veneration prompted the inquiry, " Whither 'midst falling dew, When glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through...their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way I" Sometimes, in musing upon genius in its simpler manifestations, it seems as if the great art of... | |
| John Frost - 1850 - Liczba stron: 558
...marked by the swiftness of their flight, and the height to which they soar : " Vainly the fowler'* eye, Might mark thy distant flight, to do thee wrong; As darkly painted on the crimson iky. Thy figure float* along. "Seek'st tluw the pla»hy brink, Of weedy lake, or merge of river wide... | |
| John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - Liczba stron: 1054
...lines, "To a Waterfowl," that are, or should be, familiar to al readers of American poetry : " Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? " All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary,... | |
| John Frost - 1851 - Liczba stron: 542
...by man ; and they are marked by the swiftness of their flight, and the height to which they soar : " Vainly the fowler's eye, Might mark thy distant flight,...painted on the crimson sky. Thy figure floats along. "Seck'st thou the plashy brink, Of weedy lake, or merge of river wide ; Or where the rocking billows... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - Liczba stron: 362
...what adjectices or verbs are the following abstract nouns connected. Depth. Flight. Height. WHITHER ' 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way,2 Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on... | |
| Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - Liczba stron: 444
...And bring no book ; for this one day We 'll give to idleness. WORDSWORTH. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy hrink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking hillows rise and sink On the chafed... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1852 - Liczba stron: 498
...district of New-York. MERCEDES OF CASTILE. CHAPTER I. " Whither, 'midst fulling dew, While i,'...» the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou puisue Thy solitary way 7" THE slumbers of Columbus were of short duration. While his sleep lasted... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - Liczba stron: 498
...vestiges of the fight, and proceeded to obey the repeated and earnest call. CHAPTEK XXXIV. " Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ?" Bryant. WHEN the young seaman wb"o now commanded the frigate descended from the quarter-deck in... | |
| George Washington Bungay - 1854 - Liczba stron: 508
...hands." The " Waterfowl " is one of the most beautiful and perfect poems in the language. " Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. " Seekest thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide ; Or, where the rocking billows... | |
| Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - Liczba stron: 762
...son. he might look up To the Almighty Father of his race, And claim his guidance. John Jfty. Whither midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Thou 'rt gone, th' abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet in my heart Deeply hath sunk the... | |
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