 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? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson...  English and Scottish Sketches - Page 144by Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1854 - 128 pages
...steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,...where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean.side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 508 pages
...steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? " Vainly the fowler's eye, Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. " Seekest thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide ; Or, where the rocking billows... | |
 | Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - 1977 - 264 pages
...steps of day / Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue I Thy solitary way? / 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. / Thou'rt gone; the abyss of heaven/ Hath... | |
 | Jane Donahue Eberwein - 1978 - 398 pages
...indicated the pictorial quality, directly related to painting, which Bryant tried to achieve in this poem. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, 10 Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side? There is a Power whose care... | |
 | Jay Parini - 1995 - 788 pages
...steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way?" Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,...where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast— The desert and... | |
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...steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? 5 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 thou the plashy brink 10 Of weedy lake,... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - 1994 - 580 pages
...steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? 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. He tries to encourage the bird to stay aloft... | |
 | Paul Negri - 2002 - 146 pages
...a Waterfowl Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? 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 thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake,... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 pages
...way? Vainly the fowler's2 eye Might 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, or marge4 of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side? 1. Where.... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 pages
...steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dostthou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's2 eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy"5 brink Of weedy lake,... | |
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