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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... "
Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes - Page 254
edited by - 1851
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The naturalist's poetical companion, with notes, selected by E. Wilson

Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...woodland dress, And bring no book ; for this one day We 'll give to idleness. WORDSWORTH. 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...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: To the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...is thine; It breathes of Him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps. 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...
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Poems

William Cullen Bryant - 1852 - 384 pages
...But when he marks the reddening sky, He bounds away to hunt the deer. TO A WATERFOWL. WHiTHE%,midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last...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...
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Works

James Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - 498 pages
...of the vestiges of the fight, and proceeded to obey the repeated and earnest call. CHAPTEK XXXIV. " Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...through their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ?" Bryant. WHEN the young seaman wb"o now commanded the frigate descended from the quarter-deck...
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Off-hand Takings

George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 508 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...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...
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A cyclopædia of sacred poetical quotations, ed. by H.G. Adams

Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...obedient son. he might look up To the Almighty Father of his race, And claim his guidance. John Jfty. 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...
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The advanced prose and poetical reader, by A.W. Buchan

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...
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Feathered Favourites: Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds

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...
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Off-hand Takings; Or, Crayon Sketches of the Noticeable Men of Our Age

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...
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Poems, Volume 1

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...
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