 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...  Time's Telescope - Page 1151824Full view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 pages
...of his Genevieve. And oft he turns his truant eye, And pauses oft, and lingers near; TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1847 - 456 pages
...brightening glory of its flight, Till the receding rays are lost to human sight. To a Waterfowl. — BRYANT. WHITHER, "midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...lonely flight of the water-fowl. Veneration prompted the inquiry, — "' Whither 'midst falling dew When glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy steps dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? " Sometimes, in musing upon genius in its simpler manifestations,... | |
 | American poetry - 1848 - 276 pages
...'mid the desolate main, While the wonder and pride of your works remain. TO A WATERFOWL. BY WC BRYANT. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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,... | |
 | Robert Northmore Greville - English poetry - 1848 - 434 pages
...! happy to have given The unbroken heart's first fragrance unto Heaven ! TO A WATERFOWL. WC BRYANT. WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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,... | |
 | Robert Northmore Greville - English poetry - 1848 - 434 pages
...keep your souls from blight! Earth will forsake—Oh! happy to have given TO A WATEKFOWL. WC BRYANT. WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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,... | |
 | 1848 - 594 pages
...the repetition of some sweet old melody, for very sweet and melodious we think it. TO A WATER-FOWL. ' WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...boasted name, Unmentioned in holy songs — unheralded by fame. WB Flower. To A WATEBFOWL. WHITHEB 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,... | |
 | English literature - 1849 - 472 pages
...with the British public, but we shall be forgiven, we trust, for quoting it again. TO A WATER POWL. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1849 - 384 pages
...Genevieve. And oft he turns his truant eye, And pauses oft, and lingers near; TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHEB, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye /• f Might mark thy distant flight to do thee... | |
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