| Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1843 - 356 pages
...Sometimes, like a spent laborer, calling home His boisterous billows, from their vexing play, NIAGARA. 89 To a long, dreary calm : but thy strong tide Faints...day of doom To wreck the earth, shall find it deep inscrib'd Upon thy rocky scroll. The lofty trees That list thy teachings, scorn the lighter lore Of... | |
| Lydia Howard Sigourney - American poetry - 1845 - 376 pages
...brotherhood, and all his waves Retire abash'd. For he hath need to sleep, Sometimes, like a spent laborer, calling home His boisterous billows, from their vexing...day of doom To wreck the earth, shall find it deep inscrib'd Upon thy rocky scroll. The lofty trees That list thy teachings, scorn the lighter lore Of... | |
| Caroline May - American poetry - 1848 - 624 pages
...silence — and upon thine altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise. Earth fears to lift The insect-trump, that tells her trifling joys Or fleeting triumphs...shall find it deep inscribed Upon thy rocky scroll. The lofty trees That list thy teachings, scor n the lighter lore Of the too fitful winds; while their... | |
| Caroline May - American poetry - 1848 - 556 pages
...hymn. Proud Ocean shrinks .Back from thy brotherhood, and all his waves r LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY. 83 i Retire abash'd. For he hath need to sleep, Sometimes,...shall find it deep inscribed Upon thy rocky scroll. The lofty trees That list thy teachings, scorn the lighter lore Of the too fitful winds; while their... | |
| Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1849 - 508 pages
...silence — and upon thine altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise. Earth fears to lift The insect-trump that tells her trifling joys Or fleeting triumphs,...shall find it deep inscribed Upon thy rocky scroll. The lofty trees That list thy teachings, scorn the lighter lore Of the too fitful winds; while their... | |
| Thomas Buchanan Read - American poetry - 1852 - 516 pages
...e'er, with failing heart, forgets Its everlasting lesson, night nor day. The morning stars, that hailed creation's birth, Heard thy hoarse anthem, mixing...shall find it deep inscribed Upon thy rocky scroll. The lofty trees That list thy teachings, scorn the lighter lore Of the too fitful winds; while their... | |
| 1855 - 838 pages
...e'er with failing heart forgets Its everlasting lesson, night nor day. The morning stars that hailed creation's birth. Heard thy hoarse anthem mixing with...shall find it deep inscribed Upon thy rocky scroll. о о о о Thou dost speak Alone of God, who poured thee as a drop From his right hand — bidding... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1855 - 852 pages
...e'er with failing heart forgets Its everlasting lesson, night nor day. The morning stars that hailed creation's birth, Heard thy hoarse anthem mixing with...wreck the earth, shall find it deep inscribed Upon thy rotky scroll. oooo Thou dost speak Alone of God, who poured thee as a drop From his right hand —... | |
| Charles William Everest - American literature - 1860 - 484 pages
...e'er with failing heart, forgets Its everlasting lesson, night nor day. The morning stare that hailed Creation's birth, Heard thy hoarse anthem, mixing...shall find it deep inscribed Upon thy rocky scroll. The lofty trees That list thy teachings, scorn the lighter lore Of the too fitful winds ; while their... | |
| Caroline May - American poetry - 1869 - 598 pages
...tremendous hymn. Proud Ocean shrink* Back from thy brotherhood, and all his waves Retire abasli'd. For he hath need to sleep, Sometimes, like a spent...shall find it deep inscribed Upon thy rocky scroll. The lofty trees That list thy teachings, scorn the lighter lorn Of the too fitful winds; while their... | |
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