 When the chimes play soft in the Sabbath air. Filling the spirit with tones of prayer, — Whatever tale in the bell is heard, He broods on his folded feet...  Melanie and Other Poems - Seite 172von Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1837 - 242 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1882 - 480 Seiten
...sentence. Then drops again, with filmed eyes, 30 And sleeps as the last vibration dies. Sweet bird 1 I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like theel With wings to fly to wood and glen, Thy lot, like mine, is cast with men ; 58 And daily, with... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 Seiten
...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, with filmed...fly to wood and glen. Thy lot, like mine, is cast to men; And daily, with unwilling fe*t, I tread, like thee, the crowded street, But, unlike me, when... | |
 | William T. Ross - 1887 - 362 Seiten
...golden-rod, and the aster in the wood, And the yellow sunflower by the brook in autumn beauty stood. 3. I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee. 4. Love, like Death. Levels all ranks, and lays the shepherd's crook Beside the sceptre. 5. The stroke... | |
 | George Bancroft Griffith - 1888 - 870 Seiten
...heard, He broods on his folded feet unstirred, Or, rising half in his rounded nest. He taki-s the time to smooth his breast. Then drops again with filmed...last vibration dies. Sweet Bird! I would that I could he A hermit in the crowd like thee! With wings to fly to wood and glen. Thy lot, like mine, is cast... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1904 - 458 Seiten
...broods on bis folded feet unstirred, Or rising half in bis rounded nest, He takes the time to Binootb his breast, Then drops again with filmed eyes, And sleeps as the last vibration dies. I would that in such wings of gold I could my weary heart upfold ; And while the world throngs on beneath,... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1899 - 454 Seiten
...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 with filmed eyes, And sleeps as the last vibration dies. I would that in such wings of gold I could my weary heart upfold ; And while the world throngs on beneath,... | |
 | Carolyn M. Robbins, Robert Keable Row - 1907 - 328 Seiten
...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 with filmed eyes, and sleeps as the last vibration dies." — NATHANIEL P. WILLIS. 1. Read this over again and again until you can see the picture. 2. Try to... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1910 - 424 Seiten
...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, with filmed eyes, . And sleeps as the last vibration dies. 5 Sweet bird! I would that I could be A hermit in the crowd, like thee! With wings to fly to wood and... | |
 | Mary Jane Taber - 1912 - 208 Seiten
...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 again with filmed...crowd like thee! With wings to fly to wood and glen, And daily, with unwilling feet, I tread, like thee, the crowded street, But, unlike me, when day is... | |
 | Carolyn M. Robbins, Robert Keable Row - 1919 - 314 Seiten
...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 with filmed eyes, and sleeps as the last vibration dies." — NATHANIEL. P. WILLIS. 1. Read this over again and again until you can see the picture. 2. Try to... | |
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