 | 1833 - 508 pàgines
...— ' The boundless unshorn fields, where lingers yet The beauty of the earth ere man had sinned — The Prairies. I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if an ocean in... | |
 | 1833 - 522 pàgines
...sinned — The Prairies. I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if an ocean in its gentlest swell Stood still, with all its rounded billows fixed And motionless forever.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pàgines
...endless infancy -shall pass ; And, singing down thy narrow glen, Shalt mock the fading race of men. C 5 THE PRAIRIES. THESE are the Gardens of the Desert,...first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if the ocean,... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pàgines
...were very much compressed at the sides. Rambling onwards in the direction of Sandusky, I now came upon the prairies. " I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. 1л ! They stretch In airy undulation far away, As if an ocean in... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1837 - 164 pàgines
...these The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, And fresh as the young earth ere man had sinned. The Prairies! I behold them for the first. And my heart swells. while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if the ocean,... | |
 | William Chambers - 1837 - 352 pàgines
...these The boundless unshorn fields, where lingers yet The beauty of the earth ere man had sinned ; The prairies. I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the delighted sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away,... | |
 | Edmund Flagg - 1838 - 280 pàgines
...and bred amid the bold mountain scenery of the North, and who now gazed upon them " for the first." " The prairies ! I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness." As I rode leisurely along upon the prairie's edge, I passed many... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pàgines
...paternal side I sprung, And her who, still and cold, Fills the next grave — the beautiful and young. THE PRAIRIES. THESE are the gardens of the desert,...first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if the ocean,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pàgines
...endless infancy shalt pass ; And, singing down thy narrow glen, Shalt mock the fading race of men. C 5 THE PRAIRIES. THESE are the Gardens of the Desert,...first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if the ocean,... | |
 | 1840 - 544 pàgines
...of earth is now A portion of the glorious sky. The following is a higher and more sustained flight. THE PRAIRIES. These are the gardens of the desert,...first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away. As if the ocean,... | |
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These are the gardens of the Desert, these The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, For which the speech of England has no name — The Prairies. I behold them for the first, ; And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. 
