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" 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. "
Ship and Shore: Or, Pencil Sketches on a Recent Voyage To, and a Tour In ... - Page 144
by John Spence (jr.), Young physician - 1847 - 148 pages
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 7

1841 - 908 pages
...caught Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and quick as thought Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...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...
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Robert Merry's Museum, Volumes 1-2

Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - Children's literature - 1842 - 418 pages
...caught Their mingled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled cheek That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The...
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Arthur's Magazine

Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 pages
...can^lit Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and quick as thought, Away the ripples Hew. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...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...
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A System of Intellectual Philosophy

Asa Mahan - Psychology - 1845 - 348 pages
...conceptions, the more striking the figure, under such circumstances. I will give one other example : . " The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...Ten thousand in the sea; For every wave with dimpled cheek That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there." Who...
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Poems

Amelia - Authors, American - 1845 - 274 pages
...caught Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...; 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...
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Crystal Fount and Rechabite Recorder, Volumes 5-6

1845 - 792 pages
...with a cotemporary that Moore never conceived a more exquisite fancy than the following by " Amelia." The twilight hours like birds flew by As lightly and...; Ten thousand 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...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 3

Periodicals - 1846 - 730 pages
...conception, unless, perhaps, the following, from a piece of her own, entitled, (if we remember,) MUSINGS : " The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That LEAPED UPON THE AIH, Had caught a star in its embrace,...
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Poems

Amelia - Authors, American - 1846 - 218 pages
...caught Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, • M Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught...
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Poems

Amelia - American poetry - 1847 - 274 pages
...caught Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...; 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,...
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American Literary Magazine, Volumes 1-3

1847 - 1230 pages
...caught Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...: 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...
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