 Giant of air! we bid thee hail! — How his gray skirts toss in the whirling gale; How his huge and writhing arms are bent, To clasp the zone of the firmament, And fold, at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible space.  The Tuftonian - Page 1201895Full view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1862 - 318 pages
...fold at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible space. Darker—still darker ! the whirlwinds bear The dust of the plains...and loud, Of the chariot of God in the thunder-cloud J You may trace its path by the flashes that start From the rapid wheels where'er they dart, As the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...firmament, And fold, at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain, the visible space ! 4. Darker — still darker! the whirlwinds bear The dust...path by the flashes that start From the rapid wheels wherever they dart, As the fire-bolts leap to the world below, And flood the skies with a lurid glow.... | |
 | Edward Chauncey Marshall - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1870 - 512 pages
...among the mountains round, And the forests hear and answer the sound. THE golden blaze Darker—still darker ! the whirlwinds bear The dust of the plains...loud, Of the chariot of God in the thunder-cloud! He is come ! he is come ! do ye not behold His ample robes on the wind unrolled ? Giant of air ! we... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...From mountain to mountain the visible apace. Darker, — ttill darker ! the whirlwinds bear The dukt of the plains to the middle air ; And hark to the...and loud. Of the chariot of God in the thunder-cloud I You may trace it» path by the flashes that ttart From the rapid whirl» where'er they dart, As the... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 432 pages
...firmament, And fold, at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain, the visible space! Iv. w And hark to the crashing, long and loud, Of the chariot...path by the flashes that start From the rapid wheels wherever they dart, As the fire-bolts leap to the world below, And flood the skies with a lurid glow.... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 418 pages
...firmament, And fold, at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain, the visible space! rv. And hark to the crashing, long and loud, Of the chariot...God in the thunder-cloud ! You may trace its path by tho flashes that start From the rapid wheels wherever they dart, As the fire-bolts leap to the world... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 492 pages
...firmament, And fold at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible space. Darker — still darker ! the whirlwinds bear The dust of the plains to the middle air : And bark to the crashing, long and loud, Of the chariot of God in the thunder-cloud ! You may trace its... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1875 - 458 pages
...firmament, And fold at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible space. Darker — still darker ! the whirlwinds bear The dust of the plains to the middle air : And bark to the crashing, long and loud, Of the chariot of God in the thunder-cloud ! You may trace its... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...firmament, And fold at length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible space ! the thick array Of his thronged legions, and charge...heart, and free the world from bondage. Rise ! Fathers, tire-bolts leap to the world below, And flood the skies with a lurid glow. What roar is that ?• —... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 424 pages
...length, in their dark embrace, From mountain to mountain the visible spact. Darker — still darker 1 the whirlwinds bear The dust of the plains to the middle air : And hark to the crashing, long and lond, Of the chariot of God in the thunder-clond 1 You may trace its path by the flashes that start... | |
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