 | William Cullen Bryant - 1855 - 318 pages
...lingers near ; But when he marks the reddening sky, He bounds away to hunt the deer. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide,... | |
 | Catherine Anne Hubback - 1855 - 336 pages
...Annie Garden unconsciously broke the silence which prevailed, by repeating in a suppressed tone, " Whither 'midst falling dew While glow the heavens...their rosy depths, dost thou pursue, Thy solitary way !" ' Oh ! please go on," exclaimed Mrs. wdbridge, " I remember thinking that m so beautiful, repeat... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 432 pages
...not of earth, Just opening in their early birth, Like that new light in heaven." TO A WATERFOWL. " Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy Drink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...what adjectines or verhs are the following ahstract nouns connected, Depth. Flight. Height. WHITHER 1 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy hrink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking hillows rise and sink On the chafed... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. Gray. TO A WATER-FOWL. WHITHER, midst falling dew,T While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,...thee wrong; As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Tny figure floats along. (1) Fair sciena, &c.—ie the lowliness of his hirth (not, however, that Gray's... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their hazy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way. Vainly the...figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of reedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocky billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean's... | |
 | 1897 - 404 pages
...grave is green; And deeply would their hearts rejoice To hear again his living voice. To a Waterfowl. Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight todo thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pages
...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,... | |
 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 pages
...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,... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...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... | |
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Waterfowl Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? 
