 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 sky, Thy...  History of Lee County - Page 301881 - 873 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake or margin of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side. There is... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...way,2 Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st...Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rooking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a power whose care Teaches thy way... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - Reformers - 1855 - 440 pages
...way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink I Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...way. Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of reedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocky billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean's... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...the time ; for the bird being high in the air, was not, of course, in the midst of " falling dew." Seek'st thou the plashy' brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocky billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a power3 whose care Teaches thy way... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1860 - 136 pages
...flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seck'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, 10 Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean's side ? There is a Power whose care... | |
 | Bookbinding, Victorian - 1861 - 182 pages
...wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. TO A WATERFOWL. Seek'st thon the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide. Or where the rocky billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly linm'd upon the erimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy...lake, or marge of river wide. Or where the rocking hillows rise and sick On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power whose cure Teaches thy way along... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...solitary way / Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant High! to do thce wrong, As, darkly limn'd upon the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weeily lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise anil sink On the chafed ocean... | |
 | American poetry - 1864 - 428 pages
...thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly limned upon the crimson sky, Thy figure...the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wiae, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side ? There is a Power whose... | |
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