 God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange, deep harmonies...  The Poets of America: With Occasional Notes - Page 268by George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 405 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 pages
...sight, Go forth, into the gt.he.ing ..hp.dc ; go lorth, — God's blessing breathed cpou ttv fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest,...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. Stoop o'er the place of graves, and softly sway The... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest ; Curl t lie still waters, bright with stars ; and rouse The wide...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. Stoop o'er the place of graves, and softly sway The... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1873 - 730 pages
...sight. Go forth, into the gathering shade ; go forth, — GOD'S blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest,...his majestic rest, Summoning, from the innumerable houghs, The strange, deep harmonies that haunt his breast: Pleasant shall be thy way where meekly bows... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1881 - 348 pages
...Go forth into the gathering shade ; go forth, God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! o, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. 'The faint old man shall lean his silver head To... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...the sight. Go forth into the gathering shade ; go forth,— God's blessing breathed upon the fainting he hapless youth ! Weep no more, woeful shepherds,...watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. Stoop o'er the place of graves, and softly sway... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1881 - 44 pages
...forth, 15 God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go. rock the little wood-bird in his nest, The wide old wood from his majestic rest. Summoning from the innumerable bonghs 20 The strange, deep harmonies that haunt his breast : Pleasant shall be thy way where meekly... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1882 - 632 pages
...And swelling the white sail. I weleome thee To the scorched land, thou wanderer of the sea! ******* Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'crshadowing branches sweep the grass. John G. Whittier's poems abound in descriptive passages,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 pages
...beyond the sight. Go forth into the gathering shade; go forth, God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning, from the innumerable boughs, The strange, deep... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1883 - 388 pages
...beyond the sight. Go forth into the gathering shade; go forth, God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest,...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1883 - 368 pages
...the sight. Go forth into the gathering shade ; go forth, God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest,...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel... | |
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