 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 - Page 2921857Full view - About this book
 | 1841 - 908 pages
...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled check, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The young moon, too, wilh upturned sides, Her mirror'd beauty gave ; Acd as a bark at anchor rides,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - Children's literature - 1842 - 418 pages
...birds 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. The young moon too, with upturned sides, Her mirrored beauty gave ; And as a bark at anchor rides,... | |
 | Asa Mahan - Psychology - 1845 - 348 pages
...birds 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." Who is insensible to the exquisite beauty of the thought here ? Yet the wave of the sea or lake, reflecting... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 pages
...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. Our limits will not allow us to insprt more of this poem, which we consider one of the most chaste... | |
 | Amelia - Authors, American - 1845 - 274 pages
...; 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... | |
 | 1845 - 792 pages
...stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped up in the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. Too much gravity argues a shallow mind. Happy is the man who has not the tooth-ache, — who shaketh... | |
 | John Spence (jr.), Young physician - England - 1847 - 184 pages
...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." It was early morn, and swelling sails told that the ship sailed on. A light mist floated in the morning air... | |
 | Amelia - American poetry - 1847 - 274 pages
...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. 30 MUSINGS. The young moon too with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor... | |
 | 1847 - 1230 pages
...: 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. We quote in conclusion a single stanza from the address to " Time." We think it will compare in stately... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...heaven was arch'd and glass'd below. JG PERCIVAL. 12. 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. WELBY. OFFENCE. 1. In such a time as this, it is not meet That every nice oflence should... | |
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