Father, Thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns. Thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and forthwith rose All these fair ranks of trees. They in Thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in Thy breeze,... Thoughts on the Poets - Page 298by Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 318 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mary Margaret Heaton - 1872 - 328 pages
...trees. They, in Thy sun, Budded, and shook their green leaves in Thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. . The century-living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old, and died Among their branches ; till at last they stood, As now they stand — massy, and tall, and dark : Fit... | |
| Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 pages
...trees. They, in thy sun, Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1872 - 550 pages
...lificantly adds, — " The century -living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died." "o those who have never seen a prairie, how vividly does one spread are the imagination, in the very opening of the poem devoted to se "verdant wastes" ! 'he progress... | |
| 1873 - 296 pages
...trees. They, in thy sun, Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And .shot toward heaven. The century-living crow Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 pages
...trees. They in thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot toward heaven. The century-living crow, ' "Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their branches ; till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit... | |
| Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1873 - 168 pages
...trees. They, in Thy sun, Budded, and shook their green leaves in Thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old, and died Among their branches ; till at last they stood, As now they stand — massy, and tall, and dark : Fit... | |
| Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...trees. They, in thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in Thy breeze. And shot toward heaven. 2. The century-living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their branches ; till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy and tall and dark, Fit shrine... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 492 pages
...trees. They, in thy sun, Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot toward heaven. The century-living crow Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit... | |
| Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter) - 1874 - 764 pages
...trees. They in thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their branches, till at last they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit б!шпеs... | |
| William Meynell Whittemore - 1875 - 512 pages
...trees. They in Thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in Thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The century-living crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their branches, till, at last, they stood, As now they stand, massy, and tall, and dark, Fit... | |
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