 And turned him round in act to go. The way is long; he cannot fly; His soiled wing has lost its power. And he winds adown the mountain high For many a sore and weary hour. Through dreary beds of tangled fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dern,...  The Culprit Fay: And Other Poems - Page 17by Joseph Rodman Drake - 1836 - 92 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 518 pages
...adown the mountain. " Through dreary beds of tangled fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dern, Over the grass and through the brake, Where toils...now he thrids the bramble bush, Till its points are died in fairy blood. He has leapt the bog, he has pierced the brier, He has swum the brook, and waded... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...sore and weary hour. Through dreary beds of tangled fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dern, Over the grass and through the brake, Where toils...bush, Till its points are dyed in fairy blood. He has leaped the bog, he has pierced the brier, He has swum the brook, and waded the mire, Till his spirits... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...sore and weary hour. Through dreary beds of tangled fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dern, Over the grass and through the brake, Where toils...skips along in lightsome mood ; And now he thrids the bramble-bush, Till its points are died in fairy blood. He has leaped the bog, he has pierced the briar,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...sore and weary hour. Through dreary beds of tangled fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dem, Over the grass and through the brake, Where toils...skips along in lightsome mood ; And now he thrids the bramble-bush, Till its points are dyed in fairy blood. He has leap'd the bog, he has piereed the brier,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 324 pages
...sore and weary hour. Through dreary beds of tangled fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dern, Over the grass and through the brake, Where toils the ant and sleeps the snake; And now he thrids the bramble bush, Till its points are dyed in fairy blood. He has leaped the bog,... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...lone and WL'ary hour. Through cltwy bids of tangled fern. Through groves of nightshade dark and <Urn, Over the grass and through the brake, Where toils...flush He skips along in lightsome mood ; And now he treads the bramble bush. Till its points arc dyed in fairy blood. He has leaped the bog, he has pierced... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dern, Over the grass and through the brake, Where toils Ihe ant and sleeps the snake; Now o'er the violet's azure...skips along in lightsome mood ; And now he thrids the bramble-bush, Till its points are dyed in fairy blood. He has leap'd the bog, he has pierced the brier,... | |
 | 1845 - 614 pages
...sore and weary hour. Through dreary beds of tang'ed fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dc Over the grass and through the brake, Where toils the ant and sleeps the snake ; Now over the violets azure flush He skips along in lightsome mood ; And now he thrids the bramble-bush,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...tangled fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dem, Over the grass and through the brake, M here toils the ant and sleeps the snake; Now o'er the violet's azure (lush He skips along in lightsome mood ; And now he thrids the bramble-bush, Till its points are dyed... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1859 - 84 pages
...sore and weary hour. Through dreary beds of tangled fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dern, Over the grass and through the brake, Where toils the ant and sleeps the snake; Now over the violet's azure flush He skips along in lightsome mood; And now he thrids the bramble-bush,... | |
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