Miscellaneous Poems Selected from the United States Literary GazetteCummings, Hilliard, and Harrison Gray, 1826 - 172 páginas |
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... wings of flame ,. And some mysterious sybil darkly gave Responses from the dim and hidden cave : — Voices were heard waking the silent air , A solemn music echoed from the wood , And often from the bosom of the flood Came forth 40 The ...
... wings of flame ,. And some mysterious sybil darkly gave Responses from the dim and hidden cave : — Voices were heard waking the silent air , A solemn music echoed from the wood , And often from the bosom of the flood Came forth 40 The ...
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... wing- Spirit of Beauty ! the air is bright With the boundless flow of thy mellow light ; The woods are ready to bud and bloom , And are weaving for Summer their quiet gloom ; The tufted brook reflects , as it flows , The tips of the ...
... wing- Spirit of Beauty ! the air is bright With the boundless flow of thy mellow light ; The woods are ready to bud and bloom , And are weaving for Summer their quiet gloom ; The tufted brook reflects , as it flows , The tips of the ...
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... wings , its billowy leaves , And the downy tufts of the meadow fly In snowy clouds , as he passes by , And softly beneath his noiseless tread The odorous spring - grass bends its head ; And now he reaches the woven bower , Where he ...
... wings , its billowy leaves , And the downy tufts of the meadow fly In snowy clouds , as he passes by , And softly beneath his noiseless tread The odorous spring - grass bends its head ; And now he reaches the woven bower , Where he ...
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... with dewy delight ; Then she mounts again , and around her flings A shower of light from her purple wings , Till the spirit is drunk with the music on high , That silently fills it with ecstacy ! At noon , she hies to a cool retreat , 54.
... with dewy delight ; Then she mounts again , and around her flings A shower of light from her purple wings , Till the spirit is drunk with the music on high , That silently fills it with ecstacy ! At noon , she hies to a cool retreat , 54.
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... wings bear- He breaths as if fearful to brush from the rose The dew - drops so tremulous there ! The stream flowing gently beside the green cresses So lightsomely dashes their tendrils away— It seems some fond mother , who while she ...
... wings bear- He breaths as if fearful to brush from the rose The dew - drops so tremulous there ! The stream flowing gently beside the green cresses So lightsomely dashes their tendrils away— It seems some fond mother , who while she ...
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amid autumn beauty bending beneath bittern bloom blue blush bosom boughs bower breath bright brow brown hills BRYANT calm cheek clouds dance dark death deep dost dreams earth EUTHANASIA fair flame flowers forest gentle glad glorious glory glow golden Gondolier grace grave Greece green greenwood tree groves heart heaven hills hoary hung HYMN land leaves light LITERARY GAZETTE LONGFELLOW look loud maid maiden maize Maquon mellow morning MOUNT WASHINGTON mountain Naiad night nymph o'er pale passed PERCIVAL pure reeds pipe rest rills Rizpah rocks rose round Sardanapalus shade shadows shalt shine sighs silent skies sleep smile soft song SONNET soul spirit springs star stood storm summer sunny sweet tall fir tears tell tempest thee thine thou thy dream trees trembling tremulous vales vines vision voice wake waste waves weep wild winds wings woods youth
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Página 46 - God ! when thou Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The heavens with falling thunderbolts, or fill, With all the waters of the firmament, The swift dark whirlwind that uproots...
Página 43 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Página 95 - The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies, I hear the rushing of the blast, That through the snowy valley flies. Ah, passing few are they who speak, Wild, stormy month ! in praise of thee ; Yet, though thy winds are loud and bleak, Thou art a welcome month to me. For thou, to northern lands, again The glad and glorious sun dost bring, And thou hast joined the gentle train And wear'st the gentle name of Spring.
Página 44 - Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees.
Página 47 - Be it ours to meditate, In these calm shades, thy milder majesty, And to the beautiful order of thy works Learn to conform the order of our lives.
Página 43 - And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised?
Página 103 - There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellow richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, Pouring new glory on the autumn woods, And dipping in warm light the pillared clouds.
Página 54 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills ! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
Página 103 - And dipping in warm light the pillared clouds. Morn on the mountain, like a summer bird, Lifts up her purple wing, and in the vales The gentle wind, a sweet and passionate wooer, Kisses the blushing leaf, and stirs up life Within the solemn woods of ash deep-crimsoned, And silver beach, and maple yellow-leaved, — Where autumn, like a faint old man, sits down By the way-side a-weary.
Página 45 - One of earth's charms : upon her bosom yet, After the flight of untold centuries, The freshness of her far beginning lies And yet shall lie.