Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson... The Children's Treasury of English Song - Pàgina 126per Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 302 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pàgines
...rapidity of the first. How perfectly and inimitably descriptive are the last two of the following lines. " Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along." The extracts we have made give, we think, a tolerablycorrect idea of Bryant's genius. The volume contains... | |
| 1837 - 408 pàgines
...While glow the heavens with the last step of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? " Vainly the fowler's eye Might...plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? " There is a power whose care... | |
| 1834 - 332 pàgines
...While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way. Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark...plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a power whose care Teaches... | |
| 1834 - 402 pàgines
...While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark...plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink There is a Power, whose care Teaches thy way along that... | |
| 1834 - 406 pàgines
...While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark...flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the erimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pàgines
...While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark...plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches... | |
| Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 pàgines
...heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way 1 Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight...crimson sky Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou thy pi ashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink... | |
| 1835 - 736 pàgines
...dost thou Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye [thee wrong, Might mark thy distant flight to do As darkly painted on the crimson sky Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink, Of reedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocky billows rise or sink On the chafed ocean's side... | |
| 1835 - 562 pàgines
...heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue The solitary way ? ' Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side. ' There is a Power, whose care... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pàgines
...While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ! Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark...plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side 1 There is a Power whose care Teaches... | |
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