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... A Short History of American Literature - Page 387by Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1919 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1824 - 408 pages
...on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. " Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or maze of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chaf 'd ocean side ? " There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The... | |
| 1821 - 526 pages
...flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. * Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river...where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? ' All day thy wings have fann'd At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop... | |
| 1822 - 764 pages
...lake, or maze of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chaf 'd Ocean side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along...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 pages
...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 - 496 pages
...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... | |
| 1823 - 908 pages
...painted in the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Sttk'st thou the plashy brink Of muddy lake, or maze of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chaf d ocean-tide ? litre is a Power, whose care laches thy way along that pathless coast, Hf d«wrt... | |
| 1822 - 298 pages
...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or maze of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chaf d Ocean side ? There is a Power whose care, Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The... | |
| 1822 - 418 pages
...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of 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... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Laton 115.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. I « Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river...rocking billows rise and sink . On the chafed ocean-side ? f There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable... | |
| 1832 - 358 pages
...distant flight to do thee wrong; As darkly painted on the evening sky Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river...where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean's side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast ; The desert and... | |
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