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| Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...for thfc commonest reader. TO A WATERFOWL. W (i 1 1 IIEU, mi.lt falling -lew, While glow the hoavuiK .with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy...thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Slight mark thy distant flignt td do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure... | |
| Pierce Egan - Sports - 1832 - 432 pages
...While glow the heaveni with the lait steps of day. Far, through their rosy depths, do»t thou ponue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong At, darkly paiuted on the crimson sky Thy figure tinats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1833 - 892 pages
...rapidity of the first. How perfectly and inimitably descriptive are the last two of the following lines. " 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." The extracts we have made give,... | |
| American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...th^ grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While...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... | |
| Fens, The (England) - 1834 - 332 pages
...desert walks the lapwing flies, And tires its echos with unvaried cries. Goldsmith. TO A WATER FOWL.* Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, ' Thy figure floats along. Seeks't thou the plashy brink... | |
| American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...wraps the drapery of his eoueh About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. TO A WATERFOWL. WHTTHEB, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the erimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink... | |
| 1837 - 408 pages
...devote hours to the subject. " Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last step of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou...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... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...heard some friendly words ; — but knew not what they were. LESSON CXIV. To a Waterfowl. — BRYANT. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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... | |
| John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...friendly words ; — but knew not what they were. LESSON CXIV. To a Waterfowl. — BRYANT. WHITHEK, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with 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... | |
| Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Birds - 1835 - 604 pages
...Bryant, an American poet, are so much to the purpose that they need no excuse for their insertion. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER 'midst falling dew, While...their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way 1 Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As darkly painted on the... | |
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