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" Tis the middle watch of a summer's night,— The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright; Naught is seen in the vault on high But the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky, And the flood which rolls its milky hue, A river of light on the welkin... "
The Culprit Fay, and Other Poems - Page 9
by Joseph Rodman Drake - 1847 - 92 pages
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The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 6

1835 - 518 pages
...that shower along the shaggy hill-side, — will own the exquisite truth of the following picture : " 'Tis the middle watch of a summer's night — The earth is dark, but the heaven's arebright ; Naught is seen in the vault on high But die moon, and the stars, and the cloudless...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2

1835 - 842 pages
...conception, or general execution of the poem. The opening stanza will afford us a tolerable example. 'Tis the middle watch of a summer's night — The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright Naught is seen in the vault on high But the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky, And'the flood...
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The Ladies' Companion, Volumes 14-15

1841 - 646 pages
...silence over all, but must at once acknowledge the exquisite description of the lamented poet — " Tis the middle watch of a summer's night ; The earth...bright ; Nought is seen in the vault on high, But the MHiim and the start and the cloudiest sky, And the flood which rolls its milky hue— A river of light...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...leaf-gold, skim the breeze, And fairies, swarming -" TENSiMT's Vs~Tl.il FA IE. 'T is the middle wateh of a summer's night — The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright; Naught is seen in the vault on high But the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky, And the flood...
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Letters from a Landscape Painter

Charles Lanman - 1845 - 288 pages
...; a partridge its drumming ; and a wolf its howl. There was not a breeze stirring, and " Nought was seen, in the vault on high, But the moon, and the stars, and a cloudless sky, And a river of white in the welkin blue." Peter and Yankee went out to haul in the...
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The Opal: A Pure Gift for the Holy Days

John Keese, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1847 - 350 pages
...explanation of her will. CHAPTER II. 'Tia the middle watch of a summer's night— The earth is dark hut the heavens are bright: Nought is seen in the vault...high But the moon and the stars and the cloudless eky, And the flood which rolls its milky hue, A river oflight in the welkin blue. Drake. FOR three...
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The King of the Hurons

Peter Hamilton Myers - 1850 - 380 pages
...CHAPTER XVI. "Tis the middle wntch of a summer's night— The etirth is Ihirk, but the heuvens nre bright; Nought is seen in the vault on high, But the moon, :uitl the st'irs, and the cloudless sky, And the Hood which rolls its milky hue A river of light on...
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The Literary Reader: For Academies and High Schools: Consisting of ...

Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...great number of his poems. Few, besides The Culprit Fay, have been published. THE CULPRIT FAY. 'T is the middle watch of a summer's night — The earth...and the stars, and the cloudless sky, And the flood that rolls its milky hue, A river of light on the welkin blue. The moon lies down on old Cronest; She...
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Hudson River and the Hudson River Railroad: With a Complete Map, and Wood ...

1851 - 70 pages
...reflected light ; and the immediate transition from shadow to sunshine is peculiarly pleasing. " 'T is the middle watch of a summer's night, — The earth...and the stars, and the cloudless sky, And the flood w hich rolls its milky hue, — A river of light on the welkin blue. The moon looks down on old Crow...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: To the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...Oiiphu lli.it, cluak'd ill leaf-gold, akim the breeze, And faiiies, swarming -" TKuxiKT'a AUCTXI Kim. Tis the middle watch of a summer's night — The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright; Navurht is seen in the vault on high Bui I'.ie moon, and the stars, anil the cloudless sky, And the...
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