Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson... The Sixth Reader - Page 109by Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 314 pagesFull view - About this book
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