 | 1857 - 528 pages
...Across the Spanish main ! Of a more fanciful cast is this little weather item. WB KNEW IT WOULD BAIN. We knew it would rain, for all the morn A spirit on...the sea To sprinkle them over the land in showers! We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves, the amber grain Shrunk in... | |
 | 1857 - 692 pages
...omitting the little attention of dollars for passports, and went our way. WE KNEW IT WOULD RAIN. ¥E knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit, on...the sea. To sprinkle them over the land in showers ! We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves — the amber groin Shrunk... | |
 | 1857 - 716 pages
...omitting the little attention of dollars for passports, and went our way. WE KNEW IT WOULD RAIN. ¥E knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit, on...marshes and swamps and dismal fens — Scooping the dew thntluy in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 254 pages
...their native shore." , Charles Sprague. WE KNEW IT WOULD RAIN. " WE knew it would rain, for all the day A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its golden buckets away, Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes, and swamps, and dismal fens; Scooping the dew that lay in... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...that flowers such growths shall be Eden, the Garden of God. XXXV.—BEFORE THE RAIN. TB ALDRICH. 1. We knew it would rain, for, all the morn, A spirit...Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethysts 2. Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens,— Scooping the dew that lay on the flowers, Dipping... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 pages
...that flowers such growths shall be Eden, the Garden of God. XXXV.— BEFORE THE RAIN. TB ALDRICH. 1. We knew it would rain, for, all the morn, A spirit...Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethysts. 2. Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens, — Scooping the dew that lay on the flowers,... | |
 | 1874 - 808 pages
...more charming than this simple picture ? — BEFORE THE RAIN. We knew it would rain, for all the mom, A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its...the sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers. We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves, the amber grain Shrunk in... | |
 | 1874 - 780 pages
...more charming than this simple picture? — HEFORK THE RAIN. We knew it would rain, for all the mom, A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its...the sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers. . We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves, the amber grain Shrunk in... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1875 - 184 pages
...banquet-scene completing "With dreamy words, — and very pleasant eating ! BEFORE THE BAIN. "I T7E knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit on...the sea. To sprinkle them over the land in showers. We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves, the amber grain Shrunk in... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...thoughts are sent, The only home for me — Ah me! THOMA8 BAILEY ALDRICH. [U. s. A.1 BEFORE THE It AIN\ WE knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit...vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens, — Scoopingthedewthat lavin the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea. To sprinkle them over... | |
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WE knew it would rain, for all the morn A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens — Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea,... 
