| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 630 pages
...to drop these trifles and read the following lesson for the day. THE TWO STREAMS. Behold the rocky wall That down its sloping sides Pours the swift rain-drops, blending, as Ihey fall, In rushing river-tides ! Yon stream, whose sources run Turned by a pebble's edge, Is Athabasca,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1883 - 270 pages
...topics, I beg them to drop these trifles and read the following lesson for the day. Behold the rocky wall That down its sloping sides Pours the swift rain-drops,...stream, whose sources run Turned by a pebble's edge, [s Athabasca, rolling toward the sun Through the cleft mountain-ledge. The slender rill had strayed,... | |
| 1885 - 686 pages
...exception in favour of this — " The Two Streams " — by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Behold the rocky wall That down its sloping sides PoUrs the swift rain-drops, blending as they fall In rushing river- tides I Yon stream, whose sources run Turned by a pebble's edge, Is Athabasca, rolling towards... | |
| George Colfax Baldwin - 1888 - 304 pages
...joyfulntss." Yours in Christ, GEO. C. BALDWIN. TROT, NY, Oct. 21, 1887. PART FIRST. PRELIMINAKIES. "Yon stream whose sources run, Turned by a pebble's...Athabasca, rolling toward the sun, Through the cleft mountain ledge. "The slender rill had strayed, But for the slanting stone, To evening's ocean, with... | |
| Sarah C. Winn - 1889 - 112 pages
...Fancy draws at will With all her fair, capricious skill. MINNESOTA. (The Water Shed.) Behold the rocky wall That down its sloping sides Pours the swift rain-drops,...run Turned by a pebble's edge, Is Athabasca, rolling towards the sun Through the cleft mountain ledge. The slender rill had strayed, But for the slanting... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1889 - 482 pages
...Clive, 1725; Lord SEPTEMBER 30. Empress Augusta of Germany, 1811. 207 THE TWO STREAMS. Behold the rocky wall That down its sloping sides Pours the swift rain-drops,...river-tides ! Yon stream, whose sources run Turned fey a pebble's edge, Is Athabasca, foiling toward the sun Through the cleft mountain-ledge. The slender... | |
| Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 402 pages
...conscious self, her minister, and interpreter ! THE TWO STREAMS. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. BEHOLD the rocky wall, That down its sloping sides Pours the swift...pebble's edge, Is Athabasca rolling toward the sun The slender rill had strayed, But for the slanting stone, To evening's ocean, with the tangled braid... | |
| Alex Everett Frye - 1891 - 162 pages
...happy as good little squirrels ought to look. CHAPTER III. OJf THE WATER-PARTING. " Behold the rocky wall That down its sloping sides Pours the swift raindrops,...run, Turned by a pebble's edge, Is Athabasca, rolling towards the sun Through the cleft mountain ledge. " The slender rill had strayed, But for the slanting... | |
| Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1891 - 408 pages
...conscious self, her minister, and interpreter ! THE TWO STREAMS. OLIYER WENDELL HOLMES. BEHOLD the rocky wall, That down its sloping sides Pours the swift...In rushing river-tides ! Yon stream whose sources ran, Turned by a pebble's edge, Is Athabasca rolling toward the sun Through the cleft mountain-ledge.... | |
| Walter Léon Hess - 1891 - 308 pages
...convenience of readers, this poem of Dr. Holmes is here Appended. THE TWO STREAMS. Behold the rocky wall, That down its sloping sides Pours the swift raindrops, blending, as they fall, In rushing river tides ! Yon stream, whose sources run Turned by a pebble's edge, Is Athabasca, rolling toward... | |
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