 | 1824
...Our next extract is from an exceedingly pretty and graceful poem by Mr. Bryant; and is addressed " To a Waterfowl" " Whither 'midst falling dew, While...mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong ; As, darkly pointed on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. " Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake,... | |
 | William Hone - 1827
...aquatic birds are frehis son, prince Henry, is told that in his quent themes of their speculation. To л WATER-FOWL. Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow...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... | |
 | 1829
...thy 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...floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy Jake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ?... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - 1829
...his couch By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, About him, and lies dov/n to pleasant dreams. TO A. WATERFOWL. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While...their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Alight mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Vainly the... | |
 | William Hone - 1830
...aquatic birds are frehis son, prince Henry, is told that in his quent themes of their speculation. To A WATER-FOWL. Whither, 'midst falling dew, While...along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or maize of river wide, Or where the rocky billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean's side ? There is... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Catharine Parr Traill - 1830 - 216 páginas
...pleasure by those of my readers who are lovers of nature and true poetry. THE AMERICAN WATER-FOWL. Wither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...flight to do thee wrong, As darkly painted on the evening sky, Thy figure floats along. Scek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or maze of river... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 480 páginas
...may trace, Afar, the brightening glory of its flight, Till the receding rays are lost to human sight. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, midst falling dew, While...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 Of... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1832 - 414 páginas
...WATERFOWL." By William Bryant, an American Poet. " Whither, midst falling dew, . . While glow the heaveus with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy...mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong. As, darkly ¡tainted on the crimson skyf Thy figure floate along. Seek'st thon the plash y brink Of weedy lake,... | |
 | 1832
...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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833
...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...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along." The extracts we have made give, we think, a tolerablycorrect idea of Bryant's genius. The volume contains... | |
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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? 
