 midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy...  American Poems (1625-1892) - Seite 179herausgegeben von - 1912 - 669 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 Seiten
...that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of Him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While...pursue Thy solitary way ! Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats... | |
 | James Martineau - 1852 - 544 Seiten
...the skies for ever bright. 649. BRYANT. The water-fowl. " There is a path which no fowl knowstk. " WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1852 - 384 Seiten
...But when he marks the reddening sky, He bounds away to hunt the deer. TO A WATERFOWL. WHiTHE%,midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last...pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 508 Seiten
...flourishes his hands." The " Waterfowl " is one of the most beautiful and perfect poems in the language. " Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...pursue Thy solitary way ? " Vainly the fowler's eye, Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 Seiten
...obedient son. he might look up To the Almighty Father of his race, And claim his guidance. John Jfty. Whither midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 Seiten
...never witnessed, and from which they may derive their sustenance." — Tract Society's Monthly Volume. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...thou pursue Thy solitary way. Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats... | |
 | 1854 - 128 Seiten
...fluttering, bleeding fall, And tinge the troubled bosom of the lake. THE WILD DUCK. BRYANT. HITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1855 - 318 Seiten
...pauses oft, and lingers near ; But when he marks the reddening sky, He bounds away to hunt the deer. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, midst falling dew, While...pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Seek'st thou... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1855 - 440 Seiten
...one of his most finished, perfect pieces. It is well known, but will bear reading again and again. TO A WATERFOWL Whither midst falling dew, While glow...pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 838 Seiten
...of dny. Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pomie Thy solitary way 1 Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As,...plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows i-Ue and sin On the chafed ocean side f There is a Power whose care Teac4ies... | |
| |
