 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
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...pursue Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1867 - 252 pages
...flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly pa.inted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. 6. 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's side? 7. There is a power whose care Teaches thy... | |
 | Nature - 1867 - 80 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...Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocky billows rise and sink There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast—... | |
 | Harrison Weir - Children's literature - 1868 - 150 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...Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocky billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side '? THE DAISY. There is a Power whose care Teaches... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...way ? Vainly the fowler's eye 5 Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st...plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, 10 Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-s1de There is a Power whose care... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 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...the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river side, Or where the rocking billows rise and siuk On the chafed ocean side ? There is a power whose... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 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...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... | |
 | Europe - Animals - 1870 - 108 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. " Seekst...Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rooky billows rise and sink, On the chafed ocean's side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way... | |
 | Kensington series - 1872 - 296 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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 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...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... | |
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