 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.  The Williams Quarterly - Seite 2921857Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Mary Forrest - 1866 - 564 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. The young moon too, with upturned sides, Her mirrored beauty gave, And as a bark at anchor rides, She... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1867 - 614 Seiten
...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave, with dimpled cheat That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." The quiet stillness of the evening, the reflection of the stars in the sea, are the two simple ideas... | |
 | James Wood Davidson - 1869 - 650 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. And this itself recalls a couplet in Colardeau's Epttre & M. Duliamel, which runs in this wise : —... | |
 | Caroline May - 1869 - 598 Seiten
...thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea; For every wave with dimpled face, That leap'd upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The young moon too with upturn'd sides Her mirror'd beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor rides, She... | |
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 Seiten
...new heaven was arch'd and glass'd below. JG PERCITAL. For every wave, with dimpled face, That leap'd upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there! MRS. AMELIA B. WBLBT. OFFENCE. In such a time as this, it is not meet That every nice offence should... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1869 - 614 Seiten
...Ten thousand stars were in tl.i sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave, with dimpled cK-olc That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And htld it trembling there." The quiet stillness of the evening, the reflection of the stars in the sea,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 322 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. The young moon, too, with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor rides,... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1872 - 614 Seiten
...thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave, with dimpled cbeot That '/oaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." The quiet stillness of the evening, the reflection of the stars in the sea, are the two simple ideas... | |
 | 1875 - 120 Seiten
...flew by. -*- As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea. For every wave with dimpled cheek, That leaped upon...star in its embrace, And held it, trembling there ! Friends. T^RIEND after friend departs, •*• Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 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. AMELIA B. WELBY. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. THE sea crashed over the grim gray rocks, It thundered beneath... | |
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