There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain came heavily and fell in floods; But now the sun is rising calm and bright; The birds are singing in the distant woods; Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods; The Jay makes answer as the Magpie... English Composition & Rhetoric - Page 201by Alexander Bain - 1890 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1821 - 690 pages
...morning. The night we sojourned at Llanerfil was boisterous and stormy : as Mr. Wordsworth says — There was a roaring in the wind all night, The rain came heavily and fell in floods. and although the rain had ceased before morning, the sky still looked very gloomy, and indicative of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...f Proud Creature was she the next day, The little Orphan, Alice Fell ! RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE. There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain...broods; The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters ; And all the air is fill'd with pleasant noise of waters. 89 All things that love the sun are out... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...Proud Creature was she the next day,. The little Orphan, Alice Fell ! 88 RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE. There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain came heavily and fell in floods; But now the sun in rising calm and bright ; The birds are singing in the distant woods ; Over his own sweet voice the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...have I one espied That doth not slacky go away, as if dissatisfied. XXVI. RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE. THERE was a roaring in the wind all night ; The rain...broods ; The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters ; And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters. All things that love the sun are out of... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...have I one espied That doth not slacky go away, as if dissatisfied. XXVI. RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE. THERE was a roaring in the wind all night ; The rain...broods ; The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters ; And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters. All things that love the sun are out of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 pages
...glassy pool, That, for a brief space, checks the hurrying stream ! XXX. RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE. THERE was a roaring in the wind all night ; The rain...broods ; The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters ; And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters. All things that love the sun are out of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...gay, to the woods away ! And there, my babe, we '11 live for aye." XXVII. RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE. THERE was a roaring in the wind all night ; The rain...broods ; The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters ; And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters. All things that love the sun are out of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...the woods away ! And there, my babe, we '11 live for aye." XXVII. RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE. TRERE was a roaring in the wind all night ; The rain came...broods ; The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters ; And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters. All things that love the sun are out of... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1840 - 1028 pages
...be a void after his death, and that she could never be acquainted with hap piness again. CHAPTER VI. There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain...bright; The birds are singing in the distant woods. WORDSWORTH. As the light returned, Pathfinder and Gap ascended again to the roof, with a view to reconnoitre... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1840 - 246 pages
...be a void after his death, and that she could never be acquainted with happiness again. CHAPTER X. " There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain...bright; The birds are singing in the distant woods." WORDSWORTH. As the light returned, Pathfinder and Cap ascended again to the roof, with a view to reconnoitre... | |
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