 There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome...  Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and ... - Page 521edited by - 1883 - 912 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 562 pages
...heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue The solitary way ? ' Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge...At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere; Yet, stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. ' And soon that toil shall end;... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 522 pages
...wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, '' Vainly the fowler's eye Thy figure floats along. " Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge...wandering, but not lost. " All day thy wings have fann'd, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ;. Yet stoop not. weary, to the welcome land,... | |
 | 1836 - 268 pages
...thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge...that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, — All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary,... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or maze of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and...— Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings hare fanned, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land,... | |
 | 1836 - 424 pages
...on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake or margin of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and...illimitable air — Lone wandering, but not lost. 402 AH day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere : Yet, stoop not, weary,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pages
...lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side 1 There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along...At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. TO A WATERFOWL. 267 And soon... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along...At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. And soon that toil shall end,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pages
...lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side 1 There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along...fanned, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, Tet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. TO A WATERFOWL. 267 And soon... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 530 pages
...wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, '' Vainly the fowler's eye Thy figure floats along. " Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge...rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? " There is a powe» whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast,— The desert and illimitable air,—... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1837 - 344 pages
...flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thon the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river...The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, bat not lost. All day (hy wings have fann'd At that far height the cold thin atmosphere; Yet sloop... | |
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