Brush the dew and print the lea, Skip and gambol, hop and bound, Round the wild witch-hazel tree. The beetle guards our holy ground, He flies about the haunted place, And if mortal there be found, He hums in his ears and flaps his face. The... The Culprit Fay: And Other Poems - Page 40by Joseph Rodman Drake - 1836 - 92 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1836 - 296 pages
...and we listen to the music that proclaims his welcome. Gladly would we follow him still farther. " But hark ! from tower on tree-top high, The sentry...Shapes of moonlight ! flit and fade ! The hill-tops glenm in morning's spring, The sky-lark shakes his dappled wing, The day-glimpse glimmers on the lawn,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...round, Brush the dew and print the lea; Skip and gambol, hop and bound, Round the wild witeh-hazel tree. The beetle guards our holy ground, He flies...Thus we sing, and dance, and play, Round the wild witeh-hazel tree. But, hark ! from tower on tree-top high, The sentry-elf his call has made : A streak... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...flies about the haunted place, And if mortal there be found, He hums in his ears and flaps his face ; The leaf-harp sounds our roundelay, The owlet's eyes...tree. But, hark! from tower on tree-top high, The sentry-elf his call has made : A streak is in the eastern sky, Shapes of moonlight ! flit and fade... | |
| Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...flies about the haunted place, And if a mortal there be found, Ho hums in his care and flaps his face ; The leaf-harp sounds our roundelay, The owlet's eyes...witch-hazel tree. But hark ! from tower on tree-top high, A sentry elf his call has made, A streak shines in the eastern sky, Shapes of moonlight flit and fade... | |
| 1845 - 614 pages
...found, He hums in his eats and flaps his face) The leaf-harp sounds our roundelay, The owlet's eyes i or lanterns be ; Thus we sing, and dance, and play, Round the wild witrh-hazel tree. , But, hark ! from tower on tree-top high, The sentry-elf his call has made : A streak... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...flies about the haunted place, And if mortal there be found, He hums in his ears and flaps his face ; The leaf-harp sounds our roundelay, The owlet's eyes...tree. But, hark! from tower on tree-top high, The sentry-elf his call has made : A streak is in the eastern sky, Shapes of moonlight ! flit and fade... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pages
...burst*, the name is relighted, and there is a general jubilee on his return to the scenery of Crow Nest. But hark ! from tower on tree-top high. The sentry...eastern sky, Shapes of moonlight ! flit and fade ! The lull-tops gleam in morning's spring, The skylark shakes his dappled wing. The day-glimpse glimmers... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 pages
...his dappled wing, The day-glimpse glimmers on the lawn, The cock has crowed, and the Fays are gone. The sentry elf his call has made, A streak is in the eastern sky. The poems of Drake have not all been preserved. He wrote with great facility on the spur of the moment,... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 pages
...return to the scenery of Crow Nest. But hark ! from tower on tree-top high, The sentry elf his cnll has made, A streak is in the eastern sky, Shapes of moonlight I flit and fndc ! The hill-tops glenm in morning's spring, The skylark shakes his dappled wing, The... | |
| Joseph Rodman Drake - 1859 - 84 pages
...flies about the haunted place, And if mortal there be found, He hums in his ears and flaps his face; The leaf-harp sounds our roundelay, The owlet's eyes...tree. But, hark ! from tower on tree-top high, The sentry-elf his call has made: A streak is in the eastern sky, Shapes of moonlight! flit and fade! The... | |
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