 | James Martineau - Hymns, English - 1852 - 544 pages
..." There is a path which no fowl knowstk. " WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths,...thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. — Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...give to idleness. WORDSWORTH. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths,...thee wrong, As darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy hrink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - United States - 1854 - 508 pages
...beautiful and perfect poems in the language. " Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths,...thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. " Seekest thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide ; Or,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...his race, And claim his guidance. John Jfty. Whither midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy depths...thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Thou 'rt gone, th' abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet in my heart... | |
 | Birds - 1854 - 128 pages
...troubled bosom of the lake. THE WILD DUCK. BRYANT. HITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths,...thee wrong, As darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...sustenance." — Tract Society's Monthly Volume. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy depths,...thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - United States - 1854 - 500 pages
...falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, doet thou pursue Thy solitary way ? " Vainly the fowler's...thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. " Seekest thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide ; Or,... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - Reformers - 1855 - 440 pages
...bear reading again and again. TO A WATERFOWL Whither midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths,...thee wrong As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink I Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or... | |
 | Animals in literature - 1855 - 120 pages
...his native sky. JONES VERT. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths,...thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide Or where... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1855 - 318 pages
...bounds away to hunt the deer. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths,...mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide,... | |
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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? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson... 
