 All day thy wings have fanned, 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 ; Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest, And scream among thy fellows;...  The Household Book of Poetry - Page 56by Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 28 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...— The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fann'd, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet...among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er thy shelter'd nest. Thou'rt gone ; the abyss of heaven Hath swallow'd up thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 pages
...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...fellows; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply hath sunk the... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...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...fellows ; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form : yet on my heart Deeply hath sunk the... | |
 | 1867 - 80 pages
...coast— The desert and illimitable air— Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fann'd, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet...fellows ; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest. Thon'rt gone—the abyss of heaven Hath swallow'd up thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply has sunk the... | |
 | American Tract Society - 1868 - 172 pages
...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...abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. ^ He who, from zone... | |
 | Christian lyrics - 1868 - 194 pages
...thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and the illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far...home, and rest, And scream among thy fellows ; reeds sluill bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 pages
...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...abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 pages
...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...abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone... | |
 | 1869 - 254 pages
...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...; reeds shall bend, Soon o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the... | |
 | 1869 - 310 pages
...The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. ^- -*-'!. ;--- ^£~ff+£ All da£ thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold,...; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the... | |
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