 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...street; But, unlike thee, when day is o'er, Thou canst dismiss the world and soar, Or, at a half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth the feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest. FROM "ABSALOM." "Alas! my noble boy! that thou shouldst die! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair!... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1835 - 274 Seiten
...bird! I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wings to fly to wood and glen, Thy lot, like mine, is cast with men ; And daily, with...o'er, Thou canst dismiss the world and soar, Or, at a half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth thy feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest.... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1835 - 878 Seiten
...wings to fly to wood and glen. Thy lot, like mine. Is cast with men I Ana daily, with unwilling feet, 1 tread, like thee, the crowded street ; But, unlike me, when day Is o'er, Thou canst dlsmisa the world and soar. Or, at a half-felt wish for rest. Canst smooth thy feathers on thy breast,... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1837 - 266 Seiten
...! I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wings to fly to wood and glen, Thy lot, like mine, is cast with men ; And daily, with...soar, Or, at a half felt wish for rest, Canst smooth thy feathers on thy breast, And drop forgetful, to thy nest. I would that in such wings of gold I could... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 Seiten
...! I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wings to fly to wood and glen, Thy lot, like mine, is cast with men ; And daily, with...o'er, Thou canst dismiss the world and soar, Or, at a half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth thy feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 Seiten
...I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wines to fly to wood and glen ! Thy lot, like mine, is cast with men ; And daily, with...o'er, Thou canst dismiss the world, and soar, Or, at a half-felt wish for rest, Canst smoothe thy feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 324 Seiten
...bird! I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wings to fly to wood and glen, Thy lot, like mine, is cast with men; And daily, with...unwilling feet, I tread, like thee, the crowded street; Thou canst dismiss the world and soar, But, unlike me, when day is o'er, Or, at a half-felt wish for... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1859 - 290 Seiten
...! I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wings to fly to wood and glen, Thy lot, like mine, is cast with men ; And daily, with...feathers on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest. IT was a pleasant morning, in the time When the leaves fall — and the bright sun shone out As when... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 504 Seiten
...! I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wings to fly to wood and glen, Thy lot, like mine, is cast with men ; And daily, with...o'er, Thou canst dismiss the world and soar, Or, at a half-felt wish for rest, Canst smooth the feathers on thy breast, I And drop, forgetful, to thy nest.... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, Francis Channing Woodworth - 1849 - 252 Seiten
...! I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wings to fly to wood and glen. Thy lot, like mine, is cast with men, And daily, with...on thy breast, And drop, forgetful, to thy nest," WREATHS OF FRIENDSHIP. HKT OT3E W3MDIDS. "SCHOOL!" said Richard White, to himself; " School ! I don't... | |
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Or, rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smooth his breast ; Then drops again, with filmed eyes. And sleeps as the last vibration dies. Sweet bird ! I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wings to fly to wood and... 
