...While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight...plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocky billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches...

...have not hitherto had the opportunity of becoming acquainted with this admired American poet. WHITHEE, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...mark 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...

...Turtle-dove J. OREENAWAY . . 79 Christinas in the Woods ..... W. MEASOM ... 71 TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHEB, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...mark 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...

...doubt," so listening worlds may hear it, With my last breath. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox TO A WATERFOWL Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...plashy brink Of weedy 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...

...While the moon's quarter silently Rides, and earth rests as silently. EDWARD THOMAS i24 TOAWATERFOWL WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...mark 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...

...one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. TO A WATERFOWL Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...mark 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...

...at once of the bird's vulnerability and of the instincts nature has given it to survive its enemies. Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...against the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. He tries to encourage the bird to stay aloft by reminding it of its destination, where the loneliness...

...one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. To a Waterfowl Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy...plashy brink Of weedy 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...