 And daily, with unwilling feet, I tread, like thee, the crowded street ; But, unlike me, when day is o'er, Thou canst dismiss the world, and soar ; Or, at a half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth the feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy...  American Lands and Letters ...: Leatherstocking to Poe's "Raven." - Page 92by Donald Grant Mitchell - 1899 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1835 - 274 pages
...half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth thy feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest. I would that in such wings of gold I could my weary heart upfold ; I would I could look down unmoved, (Unloving as 1 am unloved,) Smooth down my cares and calmly breathe... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1837 - 266 pages
...gold I could my weary heart upfold ; I would I could look down unmoved, (Unloving as I am unloved,) And while the world throngs on beneath, Smooth down my cares and calmly breathe ; And never sad wilh others' sadness, And never glad with others' gladness, Listen, unstirred, to-knell or... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth thy feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest. I would that in such wings of gold I could my weary heart upfold ; I would I could look down unmoved (Unloving as I am unloved), And while the world throngs on beneath,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...half-felt wish for rest, Canst smoothe thy feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest. I would that, in such wings of gold, I could my weary heart upfold ; I would I could look down unmoved, (Unloving as I am unloved.) And, while the world throngs on beneath,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 434 pages
...gold I could my wearicd heart upfold ; I would I could look down unmoved (Unloving as I am unloved) ; And, while the world throngs on beneath, Smooth down my cares and calmly breathe ; And, never sad with others' sadness, And never glad with others' gladness, Listen unstirr'd to knell or... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth thy feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest. 1 would that in such wings of gold I could my weary heart upfold ; I would I could look down unmoved, (Unloving as I am unloved,) And, while the world throngs on heneath,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth thy feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest. I would that in such wings of gold I could my weary heart upfold ; I would I could look down unmoved, (Unloving as I am unloved,) And while the world throngs on beneath,... | |
 | Juvenile verse and picture book - 1866 - 130 pages
...is o'er, Thou canst dismiss the world and soar. I would that in such wings of gold I could my weaiy heart upfold ; And while the world throngs on beneath, Smooth down my cares and freely breathe, Listen, unstirred, to knell or chime, And lapped in quiet bide my time. I KNOW a pond,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth the feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest. 1 e. The chill rain is falling ; the nipt worm ii crawling ; The ; I would I could look down unmoved (Unloving as I am unloved), And while the world throngs on beneath,... | |
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