 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...never witnessed, and from which they may derive their sustenance." — Tract Society's Monthly Volume. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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... | |
 | 1889 - 868 pages
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 | 1854 - 128 pages
...fluttering, bleeding fall, And tinge the troubled bosom of the lake. THE WILD DUCK. BRYANT. HITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...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... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 500 pages
...flourishes his hands." The "Waterfowl" is one of the most beautiful and perfect poems in the language. " Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, doet thou pursue Thy solitary way ? " Vainly the fowler's eye, Might mark thy distant flight to do... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1855 - 440 pages
...most finished, perfect pieces. It is well known, but will bear reading again and again. TO A WATERFOWL Whither midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their hazy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way. Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 412 pages
...not of earth, Just opening in their early hirth, Like that new light in heaven." TO A WATERFOWL. " Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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... | |
 | David Aloian - 1965 - 462 pages
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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... 
