 Thither he ran, and he bent him low, He heaved at the stern and he heaved at the bow. And he pushed her over the yielding sand, Till he came to the verge of the haunted land. She was as lovely a pleasure-boat...  The Culprit Fay: And Other Poems - Page 15by Joseph Rodman Drake - 1923 - 49 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 518 pages
...saddened look around, And what to do he could not tell ; But he leapt for joy when on the ground He spied a purple muscle shell; Thither he ran, and he bent...the verge of the haunted land. She was as lovely a pleasure-boat As ever fairy had paddled in. For she glowed with purple paint without, And shone with... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 300 pages
...sorrel-leaf and the henbane bud ; Over each wound the balm he drew, And with cobweb lint he stanched the blood. The mild west wind was soft and low, It...the verge of the haunted land. She was as lovely a pleasure-boat As ever fairy had paddled in, For she glowed with purple paint without, And shone with... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...hand; ' XVIII. He cast a saddened look around, But he felt new joy his bosom swell, 32 THE CULPRIT FAY. When, glittering on the shadowed ground, He saw a...the verge of the haunted land. She was as lovely a pleasure-boat As ever fairy had paddled in, For she glowed with purple paint without, And shone with... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 302 pages
...chariot wheels of light ; And vain are the spells of fairy-land, He must work with a human hand. XVIII. When, glittering on the shadowed ground, He saw a...the verge of the haunted land. She was as lovely a pleasure-boat As ever fairy had paddled in, For she glowed with purple paint without, And shone with... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...work with a human hand. NVIII. He cast a sadden'd look around, But he felt new joy his bosom swell, Thither he ran, and he bent him low, He heaved at...the verge of the haunted land. She was as lovely a pleasure-boat As over fairy had paddled in, For she glow'd with purple paint without, And shone with... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...saddened eye around, But he felt new joy his bosom swell, As, glittering on the shadowy ground, He marked a purple muscle- shell ; Thither he ran, and he bent...And he pushed her over the yielding sand, Till he catnc to the verge of the haunted land. She was as lovely a pleasure boat As ever a fairy had paddled... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1848 - 332 pages
...saddened look around, But he felt new joy his bosom swell, When, glittering on the shadowed grouiW , He saw a purple muscle shell ; Thither he ran, and...him low, He heaved at the stern and he heaved at the txwi And he pushed her over the yielding sand, Till he came to the verge of the haunted land. She was... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...He must work with a human hand. He cast a sadden'd look around, But he felt new joy his bosom swell, Thither he ran, and he bent him low, He heaved at...heaved at the bow, And he pushed her over the yielding sana, Till he came to the verge of the haunted land. She was as lovely a pleasure-boat As ever fairy... | |
 | Benjamin John Wallace, Albert Barnes - 1857 - 722 pages
...felt new joy his bosom swell, When, glittering on the shadow'd ground. He saw a purple muscle-shell; Thither he ran, and he bent him low, He heaved at the stern and he heaved'at the bow, And he pushed her over the yielding sand, Till he came to the verge of the haunted... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - 1859 - 84 pages
...felt new joy his bosom swell, When, glittering on the shadowed ground, He saw a purple mussel-shell; Thither he ran, and he bent him low, He heaved at the stern and he heaved at the bow, She was as lovely a pleasure-boat As ever fairy had paddled in, For she glowed with purple paint without,... | |
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