 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
 | Jonathan Rigdon - 1890 - 302 Seiten
...cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending." • " And every wave with dimpled face That leaps upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." — Mrs. Welby. 2. The highest form represents inanimate objects and lower animals as taking part in... | |
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 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. 310 311 Sunrise at Sea. WHEN the mild weather came. And set the sea on flame, How often would I rise... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1891 - 1190 Seiten
...Corse in Allatoona from the top of Kenesaw, Oct. 5, 1804. For every wave with dimpled face That leap'd upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. AMELIA B. WELBY (1821-1852): Musinyi. Stanza 4. To look up and not down, To look forward and not back,... | |
 | Alex Everett Frye - 1891 - 162 Seiten
...stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea; For every wave with dimpled cheek, That leaped into the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there.' " O, how beautiful was the night! " Low in the west, the crescent moon rocked in the deep grottos of... | |
 | 1892 - 524 Seiten
...free, Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in 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... | |
 | 1892 - 520 Seiten
...free, Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea! For every wave witli 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... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...this lower world? h. THOMSON — Seasons. Winter. L. 528. For every wave with dimpled face That leap'd w, short as any dream ; ». AMELIA B. WBLBY — Musings. St. 4. But He is risen, a later star of dawn. /. WORDSWORTH — A... | |
 | Jonathan Rigdon - 1896 - 280 Seiten
...the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending." " And every wave with dimpled face That leaps upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." — Mrs. Welby. (2) The highest form represents inanimate objects and lower animals as taking part... | |
 | Jennie Thornley Clarke - 1896 - 396 Seiten
...stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea : For every wave, with dimpled face, That leaped into the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. ON SEEING AN INFANT SLEEPING UPON ITS MOTHER'S BOSOM. AMELIA B. WELBY. IT lay upon its mother's breast,... | |
 | 1898 - 344 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. — Amelia B. U'elb, DOVER BEACH. THE sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon... | |
| |
