 There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome...  Voices of the True-hearted - Page 2701846 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1838 - 544 pages
...billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side ? There ¡sa Power whose care Teachee thy way along that pathless coast The desert and illimitable air,...All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, tho cold thin atmosphere I Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though tho dark night is near.... | |
 | Child rearing - 1838 - 602 pages
...not its course ; it deviates not from iti track. " There is a Power whose care" Teaches its way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost. " How different i« it with man ! How slow is the process by which he acquires a knowledge of objects... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Child rearing - 1838 - 408 pages
...not its course, it deviates not from its track. " There is a Power whose care Teaches its way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost. " How different is it with man ! How slow is the process by which he acquires a knowledge of objects... | |
 | Henry Duncan - Natural theology - 1839 - 436 pages
...billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast,— The desert and illimitable...fellows ; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou "rt gone ; the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply hath sunk the... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pages
...Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable air — Lone \vand<!riug, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned At that...And soon that toil shall end, Soon shall thou find a summer-home, and rest, And scream among thy fellows : reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest.... | |
 | William Rhind - 1839 - 136 pages
...particular instinct which impels to emigration. There is a Power, whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air....Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fann'd. At that far height, the cold dim atmosphere, Yet stoop not weary to the welcome land, Though... | |
 | Eben Norton Horsford - Phrenology - 1839 - 414 pages
...RANGE OF PERCEPT1VES. 10. DIRECTION, OR LOCALITY. There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air — Lone wandering but not lost. — Bryant to a Waterfowl. This may, I think, be defined the perception of the direc'ion of objects,... | |
 | Peter Parley - Mythology - 1839 - 384 pages
...beauty to a divine source ; without feeling that There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost." 10. What must be allowed concerning the worship of the heathen gods 1 THE MUSES, GRACES, AND SIRENS.... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 302 pages
...Power, whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable air — All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height,...fellows ; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou 'rt gone ; the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply hath sunk the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 pages
...billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast,— The desert and illimitable...to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. TO A WATERFOWL. 267 And soon that toil shall end ; Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest, And... | |
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