 A river of light on the welkin blue. The moon looks down on old Cronest : She mellows the shades on his shaggy breast, And seems his huge gray form to throw In a silver cone on the wave below...  The Culprit Fay, and Other Poems - Page 10by Joseph Rodman Drake - 1847 - 92 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 518 pages
...shade on his shaggy breast, And seems his huge gray form to throw In a silver cone on the wave below ; His sides are broken by spots of shade, By the walnut...branches dark Glimmers and dies the fire-fly's spark. * * * + The stars are on the moving stream, And fling, as its ripples gently flow, A burnished length... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pages
...shades of his shaggy breast, And seems his huge grey form to throw In a silver cone on the wave below ; His sides are broken by spots of shade, By the walnut...momently break Through the rifts of the gathering tempest rack. There is Ideality in these lines — but except in the case of the words italicized —... | |
 | 1836 - 802 pages
...shade, P>y the walnut bough nnd the cedar made, And through their clustering branches dark Glimmersand dies the fire-fly's spark — Like starry twinkles...momently break Through the rifts of the gathering tempest rack. There is Ideality in these lines — but cxccp! ¡r case of the words italicized —... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 300 pages
...shades on his shaggy breast, And seems his huge gray form to throw In a silver cone on the wave below ; His sides are broken by spots of shade, By the walnut...Through the rifts of the gathering tempest's rack. The stars are on the moving stream, And fling, as its ripples gently flow, A burnished length of wavy... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...breast, And seems his huge gray form to throw In a silver cone on the wave below ; 20 THE CULPEIT FAY. His sides are broken by spots of shade, By the walnut...Through the rifts of the gathering tempest's rack. P. • The stars are on the moving stream, And flingj as its ripples gently flow, A burnished length*... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1840 - 302 pages
...throw In a silver cone on the wave below; His sides are broken by spots of shade, By the walnut boughs and the cedar made, And through their clustering branches...momently break Through the rifts of the gathering tempest rack. The stars are on the moving stream, And fling, as its ripples gently flow, A burnish'd... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...shades on his shaggy breast, And seems his huge gray form to throw In a silver cone on the wave below ; His sides are broken by spots of shade, By the walnut...Through the rifts of the gathering tempest's rack. The stars are on the moving stream, And fling, as its ripples gently flow, A burnish'd length of wavy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...shaggy breast, And secms his huge gray form to throw In a silver cone on the wave below ; II'- sides arc broken by spots of shade, By the walnut bough and...Through the rifts of the gathering tempest's rack. The stars are on the moving stream, ' And fling, as its ripples gently flow, A burnish'd length of... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...And seems his huge gray form to throw In a silver cone on the wave below ; His sides are broken with spots of shade, By the walnut bough and the cedar...Through the rifts of the gathering tempest's rack. The stars are on the moving stream, And fling, as its ripples gently flow, -A burnished length of wavy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...to throw In a silver cone on the wave below;. His sides are broken by spots of shade, By the wtilnut bough and the cedar made, And through their clustering...twinkles that momently break Through the rifts of tlie gathering tempest's rack. The stars are on the moving stream, And fling, as its ripples gently... | |
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