The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly and as free; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. Merry's Museum - Seite 911842Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1849 - 548 Seiten
...free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its...trembling there. " The young moon, too, with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And as a bark at anchor rides, She rode upon the wave ; The sea was... | |
| 1841 - 908 Seiten
...quick as thought Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled check, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - 1842 - 418 Seiten
...as thought, Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in...trembling there. The young moon too, with upturned sides, Her mirrored beauty gave ; And as a bark at anchor rides, She rode upon the wave. The sea was... | |
| Asa Mahan - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...I will give one other example : . " The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in...star in its embrace And held it trembling there." Who is insensible to the exquisite beauty of the thought here ? Yet the wave of the sea or lake, reflecting... | |
| Amelia - 1845 - 274 Seiten
...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea : , For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its...trembling there. The young moon too with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor rides, She rode upon the wave ; The sea was... | |
| Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 Seiten
...as thought, Away the ripples Hew. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. Our limits... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 Seiten
...as thought ; Away the ripples flew ! The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in...And held it trembling' there. The young moon, too, whh upturned sides. Her mirrored beauty gave, And as a bark at anchor rides She rode upon the wave.... | |
| John Spence (jr.), Young physician - 1847 - 184 Seiten
...and sparkle on the waves. And then, " The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea. For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." It... | |
| Amelia - 1847 - 274 Seiten
...free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. 3* The young moon too with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor rides,... | |
| 1847 - 1230 Seiten
...: Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea : For every wave with dimpled face , That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. We quote in conclusion a single stanza from the address to " Time." We think it will compare in stately... | |
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