 Then from a neighboring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent...  The Midland Monthly Magazine - Page 2211894Full view - About this book
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...mocking-bird; " Then from a neighboring thicket the mocking bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook...were the tones, and sad : then soaring to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes, Then single notes were heard in sorrowful,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 180 pages
...love, as the skies.. and waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mogkingSwinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook...first were the tones and sad; then soaring to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 176 pages
...waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook...his little throat such floods of delirious music, u That the whole air, and the woods, and the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were... | |
 | 1850 - 560 pages
...mocking-bird, wildest of singers, " Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hangs o'er the water, Shakes from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seem silent to listen." The open and vocalic polysyllables which designate scenes and objects in the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849 - 170 pages
...waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook from his little throat such»floods of delirious music, That the whole air, and the woods, and the waves seemed silent to... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...feeling Glowed with the light of love, as the skies and waters around her. EVANGELINE. Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook...first were the tones and sad ; then soaring to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...from a neighbouring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow-spray that hung o'er the water, Shook from his little throat...first were the tones and sad ; then soaring to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. ill, having gathered them all, he... | |
 | 1918 - 798 pages
...Avon himself: — '• Then from a neighbouring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest o Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook...That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silen to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones and sad ; then soaring to mad ness •Vemed they... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er % the water, Shook...first were the tones and sad ; then soaring to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 174 pages
...waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook...first were the tones and sad ; then soaring to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful,... | |
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