 He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour or funeral knell — The dove in the belfry must hear it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moon, When the sexton cheerly rings for noon, When...  Poems of Early and After Years - Seite 119von Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 410 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moon — When the sexton cheerily rings for noon — When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When...in the bell is heard, He broods on his folded feet unstirred, Or, rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smooth his breast, Then drops... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1835 - 274 Seiten
...well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moon— When the sexton cheerly rings for noon— When the clock strikes clear at morning light— When...in the bell is heard, He broods on his folded feet unstirred, Or rising half in his rounded nest, Then drops again with filmed eyes, And sleeps as the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 Seiten
...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moonWhen the sexton cheerly rings for noon — When the clock strikes clear at morning light —...of prayer — Whatever tale in the bell is heard, » Or rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smooth his breast, Then drops again with... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 Seiten
...hear it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moon, When the sexton checrly rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When...rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smoothe his breast, Then drops again, with filmed eyes, And sleeps as the last vibration dies. Sweet... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 324 Seiten
...well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moon— When the sexton cheerly rings for noon— When the clock strikes clear at morning light— When...in the bell is heard, He broods on his folded feet unstirred, Or rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smooth his breast, Then drops again... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 614 Seiten
...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moon, When the sexton cheerily rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When...the child is waked with " nine at night," When the chime plays soft in the Sabbath air, Filling the spirit with tones of prayer — Whatever tale in the... | |
 | The Dublin University Magazine.VOL.XXII July to December,1843 - 1843 - 770 Seiten
...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moon, ' When the sexton cheerily rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When the child is waked with "nine at night," When the^chime plays soft in the Sabbath air, Filling the spirit with tones of prayer — Whatever tale... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 434 Seiten
...well. "Vfheu the tongue swings out to the midnight moon — When the sexton cheerly rings for noon — When the clock strikes clear at morning light —...the sabbath air, Filling the spirit with tones of prayerWhatever tale in the bell is heard, He broods on his folded feet unstirr'd, Or rising half in... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, Francis Channing Woodworth - 1849 - 252 Seiten
...tongue swings out to the midnight moonWhen the sexton cheerily rings for noon — WREATHS OF FRIENDSHIP. When the clock strikes clear at morning light —...play soft in the Sabbath air, Filling the spirit with love of prayer — Whatever tale in the bell is heard, He broods on his folded feet unstirr'd, Or,... | |
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