 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
 | Frances Elizabeth Clarke - 1927 - 474 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...would that I could be A hermit in the crowd like thee! THE WILD DUCK'S NEST By William Wordsworth Ceilinged and roofed, that is so fair a thing As this low... | |
 | 1893 - 688 Seiten
...feet unstirred, Or, rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smooth his breast, I'hen drops again, with filmed eyes, And sleeps as the last...fly to wood and glen, Thy lot, like mine, is cast to men; And daily, with unwilling feet, I tread, like thee, the crowded street, But, unlike me, when... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrup - 1888 - 790 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...And sleeps as the last vibration dies. Sweet bird II would that I could be Л hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wings to fly to wood and glen, Thy... | |
 | 1905 - 1214 Seiten
...heard, He broods on his folded feet unstirr'd, 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." The cadence of those last two lines, the drooping fall of the last line especially, atone for all Willis's... | |
 | 1836 - 590 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." — pp. 158 - 160. The conclusion of the poem we do not like. It is prettily expressed, but the sentiment... | |
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