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 Teaches thy way along that pathless coast.— The desert and illimitable air,—... The Retrospective Review - Side 3141824Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 sider
...changeling's tale ; E'en so, thou strangest of all beings strange ! E'en so thy visionary scenes 1 hail ; That like the ramblings of an idiot's speech...wings have fann'd At that fair height, the cold thin atmosphere — Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near." Mr. Bryant... | |
| 1822 - 298 sider
...solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st...illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. And soon that toil shall end ;' • • • ' Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest, And scream... | |
| 1822 - 764 sider
...solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thce wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st...The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, hut not lost All day thy wings have fann'd, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop... | |
| 1879 - 1042 sider
...young'man of twenty-one, should take. This association invests the lyric with uncommon interest : ' There is a Power Whose care Teaches thy way along...The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, bat not lost. ' He Who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In... | |
| 1822 - 418 sider
...weedy lake, or maze of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chaf'd Ocean-lide? There is a Power, whose care Teaches thy way along...that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, — 172 All day thy wings have fann'd, At that far height, the cool thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not... | |
| 1822 - 496 sider
...brink Of weedy lake— or maze of river wideOr where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafd ocean side? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast— The dnert and illimitable air,— Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fann'd, At that... | |
| 1832 - 358 sider
...weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean's side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way...illimitable air Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not weary to the welcome... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 sider
...lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink . On the chafed ocean-side ? f There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along...illimitable air, — ^ Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome... | |
| 1824 - 408 sider
...next extract is from an exceedingly pretty and graceful poem by Mr. Bryant; and is addressed " JTo a Waterfowl." " Whither 'midst falling dew, While...wings have fann'd At that fair height, the cold thin atmosphere — Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near." Mr. Bryant... | |
| 1824 - 452 sider
...brink Of weedy lake, or maze of river wide, Or where Hie rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast,— The desert aud inimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height,... | |
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