STREAM of my fathers ! sweetly still The sunset rays thy valley fill ; Poured slantwise down the long defile, Wave, wood, and spire beneath them smile. I see the winding Powow fold The green hill in its belt of gold, And following down its wavy line,... Friendly Sketches in America - Page 218by William Tallack - 1861 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1841 - 470 pages
...slantwise <MWn the long defile, Wave, wood, and spire beneath them smile. 1 see the winding Powwow Ibid The green hill in its belt of gold, " And following...wavy line, Its sparkling waters blend with thine. • There's not a tree upon thy side, Nor reck, which thy returning tide A* yet hath Ml abrupt and... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...hand ! THE MERRIMACK. STHEAM of my fathers ! sweetly still The sunset rays thy valley fill ; Pour'd slantwise down the long defile, Wave, wood, and spire...wavy line, Its sparkling waters blend with thine. There 's not a tree upon thy side, Nor rock, which thy returning tide As yet hath left abrupt and stark... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...the phantom race of care, And let our spirits flow In earnest prayer. THE MERRIMACK. BY JG WHITTIER. STREAM of my fathers ! sweetly still The sunset rays thy valley fill ; Pour'd slantwise down the long defile, Wave, wood, and spire beneath them smile. I see the winding... | |
| John Keese - 1845 - 338 pages
...vale is trod 1 Who then shall dare murmur " There is no God .'" THE MERRIMACK. BY JOHN G. WHITTIER. STREAM of my fathers ! sweetly still The sunset rays...wavy line, Its sparkling waters blend with thine. There's not a tree upon thy side, Nor rock, which thy returning tide As yet hath left abrupt and stark... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 408 pages
...speak of a bcuutif ul river, far to the Sooth, which they call Merrimack." — SIEUR DB MONTS: 1604.] STREAM of my fathers ! sweetly still The sunset rays...wavy line, Its sparkling waters blend with thine. There 's not a tree upon thy side, Nor rock, which thy returning tide As yet hath left abrupt and stark... | |
| Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 pages
...however, to be more civil for the future to inoffensive travellers. CHAPTER XLIV. THE MERKIMACK. 1. STREAM of my fathers ! sweetly still The sunset rays...down the long defile, Wave, wood, and spire beneath then smile. I see the winding Powow fold The green hill in its belt of gold, And following down its... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1855 - 436 pages
...speak of a beautiful river, far to the South, which they call Merrimack." — SIEUR DE MONTS: 1604.] STREAM of my fathers ! sweetly still The sunset rays...wavy line, Its sparkling waters blend with thine. There 's not a tree upon thy side, Nor rock, which thy returning tide As yet hath left abrupt and stark... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...Eilet. — The Sutquehanas. Stream of my fathers ! sweetly still The sunset rays thy valley fill ; Pour slantwise down the long defile, Wave, wood, and spire beneath them smile. Whittier. — The Merrimasi, I have stood Where Hudson roll'd his lordly flood : Look'd down the Apnllaehian... | |
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