...TO A WATERFOWL. Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, For, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue" Thy solitary...mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake,...

...way 1 Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st...marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows i-Ue and sin On the chafed ocean side f There is a Power whose care Teac4ies thy way along that pathless...

...the hopes of future years, Js hanging hreathless on thy fate 1 " 6. To A WATEBFOWL. — WC Bryant. Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy soli tary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly...

...must adduce it here, as a specimen of the elevated and polished style of Bryant's compositions:— Whither midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...thou pursue Thy solitary way ? • • « Vainly the fowler s eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky,...

...prepared himself for his hammock by kneeling and repeating the prayers of the hour. CHAPTER XVII. " Whither^ 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thoo pursue Thy solitary way 7" BRYANT. THE slumbers of Columbus were of short duration. While his...

...Waterfowl] alluded to by our Albany correspondent ' HUXTIXGTOX,' was originally printed as follows : ' VAINLY the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight,...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.' 1 HcimxGTOjf ' informs us that in the last London edition this is changed from ' darkly limned upon...

...never witnessed, and from which they may derive their sustenance."— Tract Society's Monthly Volume. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy hrink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed...

...repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. Grny. TO A "WATER-FOWL. WHITHER, midst falling dew,7 While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. (1) Fair science, &c. — te the lowliness of his birth (not, however, that Gray's birth was actually...

...thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. TO A WATERFOWL. Whither, 'midst falling dew', While...mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong. As, darkly limn'd upon the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of -weedy lake,...

...philosopher and the poet. Bryant expresses the thoughts they suggest in the following beautiful stanzas : " Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? " Yainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,, As, darkly painted on...