BIRD of the broad and sweeping wing, Thy home is high in heaven, Where wide the storms their banners fling, And the tempest clouds are driven. Thy throne is on the mountain top; Thy fields, the boundless air; And hoary peaks, that proudly prop The skies,... The New sporting magazine - Seite 3661842Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1827 - 472 Seiten
...worth hearing : ADDRESS TO THE EAGLE. By Mr. PERCEVAL. Bird of the broad and sweeping wing ! Toy home b high in heaven, Where wide the storms their hanners fling, And the tempest clouds are driven. Thy throne is on the mountain top ; Thy fields, the boundless air; And hoary peaks, that proudly prop The... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 538 Seiten
...mediocrity. Percival's piece, which we give below, entitled ' To the Eagle,' is perhaps the best. ' Bird of the broad and sweeping wing ! Thy home is high in heaven, Where wide the storms their banners fling, And the tempest clouds are driven. Thy throne is on the mountain top ; Thy fields—... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 532 Seiten
...mediocrity. Percival's piece, which we give below, entitled 'To the Eagle,' is perhaps the best. ' Bird of the broad and sweeping wing ! Thy home is high in heaven, Where wide the storms their banners fling, And the tempest clouds are driven. Thy throne is on the mountain top ; Thy fields —... | |
| James Jennings - 1828 - 526 Seiten
...delight and surprise us : it is a fine specimen of the talent and genius of our kindred of toe west : " Bird of the broad and sweeping wing, Thy home is high...Where wide the storms their hanners fling, And the tempests clouds are driven. Thy throne is on the mountain top, Thy fields the. boundless air ; And... | |
| James Jennings (of Huntspill.) - 1828 - 528 Seiten
....surprise us : it is a fine specimen of the talent and genius of our kindred of the west : " Bird of lhe broad and sweeping wing, Thy home is high in heaven,...Where wide the storms their hanners fling, And the tempests clouds are driven. Thy throne is on the mountain top, Thy fields the houndless air ; And hoary... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 424 Seiten
...thou wert when a child, Only more holy — and only less wild ! Friendship's Offering. BY J. PCRCIVAL. BIRD of the broad and sweeping wing, Thy home is high in heaven, Where wide the storms their banners fling, And the tempest-clouds are driven ! Thy throne is on the mountain top, Thy fields, the... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 476 Seiten
...child, Only more holy — and only less wild ! Friendship's Offering. TO AN EAGLE. BY J. PERCIVAL. BIRD of the broad and sweeping wing, Thy home is high in heaven, Where wide the storms their banners fling, And the tempest-clouds are driven ! Thy throne is on the mountain top, Thy fields, the... | |
| 1829 - 494 Seiten
...merited him a place on the side of the most sublime of the scriptural writers, St. John the Evangelist. Bird of the broad and sweeping wing, Thy home is high in heaven, Where wide the storms their banners fling. And the tempest's clouds are driven. Thy throne is on the mountain top, Thy fields the... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 Seiten
...the king is betrayed, but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone. TO THE EAGLE. — Percival. BIRD of the broad and sweeping wing ! Thy home is high in heaven, Where wide the storms their banners fling, .And the tempest clouds are driven. Thy throne is on the mountain top ; Thy fields —... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 Seiten
...it, nothing but fear will control, where it is vain to look for affection. TO THE EAGLE.—Perma.1. BIRD of the broad and sweeping wing! Thy home is high in heaven, Where wide the storms their banners fling, And the tempest clouds are driven. Thy throne is on the mountain top; Thy fields—the... | |
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