 O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near...  American Literature - Page 251edited by - 1926 - 604 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown. And frosts...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as 1 depait. THE CROWDED STREET. LET me move slowly through the street, Filled with an ever-shifting train,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1832 - 244 pages
...woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. Bryant. WITH WILD FLOWERS TO A SICK FRIEND. Rise from the dells where ye first were born, From the... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pages
...woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through...within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart." The poem "To a Cloud" is full of rich and delicate description, indeed it is one of the most delightful... | |
 | 1834 - 402 pages
...woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. FATHERS. IT is the spot I came to seek, — My fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1835 - 248 pages
...woods are bare, and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end, Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. THE MERMAID'S SONG. COME, mariner, down in the deep with me, And hide thee under the wave ; For I have... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pages
...columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. " INNOCENT CHILD AND SNOW-WHITE FLOWER." INNOCENT child and snow-white flower ! Well are ye paired... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1836 - 434 pages
...woods are bare, and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. BRYANT. TO THE TRAILING ARBUTUS.* Thou comest when Spring her coronal weaves, And thou hidest thyself... | |
 | 1839 - 204 pages
...woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. " Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through...within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart." These lines were pronounced very pretty, and very appropriate to the beautiful flower to which they... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pages
...columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. "INNOCENT CHILD AND SNOW-WHITE FLOWER." INNOCENT child and snow-white flower ! Well are ye paired in... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1840 - 280 pages
...woods are bare, and birds are flown, And frosts, and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. Bryant. TO THE TRAILING ARBUTUS.* Thou comest when Spring her coronal weaves, And thou hidest thyself... | |
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