| 1851 - 786 pages
...unchained again. The clonds Sweep over with the shadows, and beneath The surface rolls and flnctuates to the eye ; Dark hollows seem to glide along, and chase The sunny ridges. .... Still this great solitnde is qnick with life. Myriads of insects, gandy as the flowers They flntt«r... | |
| 1833 - 522 pages
...Motionless ? No, they are all unchained again. The clouda Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye ; Dark...the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prarie-hawk, that, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not — ye have played Among the... | |
| 1834 - 222 pages
...Motionless ? No, they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye ; Dark...the flame-like flowers, And pass the prairie-hawk, thnt, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not — ye have played Among the palms of Mexico,... | |
| 1837 - 830 pages
...soon shall fill these deserts. Breezes of the south ! Who toss the golden and the ßame-like flmcers, And pass the prairie-hawk that poised on high, Flaps his broad wings yet moves not! There is an objectionable elipsis in the expression "I behold them for the first," meaning "first time;"... | |
| 1836 - 496 pages
...are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath, The surface rolls snd fluctuates to the eye; Dark hollows seem to glide...along and chase The sunny ridges. Breezes of the South 1 Who toss the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prairie hawk, that, poised on high,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pages
...over them. The face of the ground seems to fluctuate and toss like the billows of the sea. Page 51. the prairie-hawk that, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not. I have seen the prairie-hawk balancing himself in the air for hours together, apparently over the same... | |
| 1837 - 790 pages
...domestic hum, and think I hear The sound of the ailrancing multitude Which toon shall fill these deserts. Breezes of the south ! Who toss the golden and the...poised on high, Flaps his broad wings yet moves not! There is an objectionable elipsis in the expression " I behold them for the first,1' meaning " first... | |
| Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1837 - 164 pages
...Motionless ? — No— they're all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye : Dark hollows seem to glide along, and chose The sunny ridges. In the southern part of the state, the prairies are comparatively small, varying... | |
| Edmund Flagg - 1838 - 292 pages
...immense landscape is spread out around him. " The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath, The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye ; Dark...hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges." The diversity of light and shade upon the swells and depressions at the hour of sunrise, or when at... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...Motionless'! No, they are all unchaiu'd again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and, beneath, The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye ; Dark...high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not — ye have play'd Among the palms of Mexico and vines Of Texas, and have crisp'd the limpid brooks That from the... | |
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