 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
 | Mary Jane Taber - 1912 - 208 Seiten
...hear it 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 hah* in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smooth his breast; Then drops... | |
 | Sarah Emma Simons - 1915 - 492 Seiten
...hear it 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... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1919 - 650 Seiten
...well. 2o 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...night," When the chimes play soft in the Sabbath air, M Filling the spirit with tones of prayer, Or, rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 Seiten
...morning I'ght, When the child is waked with "nine at 7iU;ht,' When the chimes play soft in the SabbalL air. Filling the spirit with tones of prayer, —...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... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth Clarke - 1927 - 474 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...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... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrup - 1888 - 790 Seiten
...hear it 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 Seiten
...hear it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moon, When the sexton cheerly rings for noon, ancelled woe, And moan the expense of many a vanished...tell o'er The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, unstirred, Or, rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smooth his breast, Then drops... | |
 | William Russell - 1845 - 180 Seiten
...: When the tongue swings out to the midnight moon, — When the sexton cheerily rings for noon, — When the clock strikes clear | at morning light, —...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... | |
 | 1836 - 590 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 —...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... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1872 - 718 Seiten
...hear it 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...Sabbath air, Filling the spirit with tones of prayer, 377 Whatever tale in the bell is heard, He broods on his folded feet unstirred, Or, rising half in... | |
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