 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 seen against the crimson...  The English Annual, for ... - Page 82publié par - 1837Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? 2 Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. 3 Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 368 pages
...steps of day, Far, through the rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's1 eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, 3. Seek'st thou the plashy2 brink Of weedy lake, or marge3 of river wide, 1* Or where the rocky billows... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1864 - 450 pages
...wife the last steps of day, 1 Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? 2. Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight...wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure.floats alSng. 3. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where... | |
 | Henry Coleman Folkard - 1864 - 476 pages
...doings they prohably would have thought too insignificant for notice. CHAPTER LIII. FLIGHT SHOOTING. " Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong ; AB darkly painted on the crimson nky Thy figure floats along." WC B*YAKT. THE term " flight-shooting"... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 pages
...dreams. TO Л WATMFOWL. Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the List steps of any, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy...mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Thy 'figure float« along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 252 pages
...following beautiful lines, "To a water-fowl," written by Mr. Bryant. 4. Whither 'mid falling dew, 5. Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight...pa.inted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. 6. Seek 'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or +marge of river wide, Or where the rocky billows... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake,... | |
 | 1884 - 492 pages
...trying to console myself by reciting Bryant's " Hymn to a Water-fowl,'1 one stau/a of which runs : " Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong. As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along." When I reached the house, I remarked to my... | |
 | Iowa State Horticultural Society - 1909 - 566 pages
...woman who lives out in the open. Whither midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. How natural the picture to the man who has seen the waterfowl under the conditions described. How it... | |
 | American Tract Society - 1868 - 172 pages
...! •f* ^ Waterfowl. HITHEE, 'mid falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of clay, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy...mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly limned upon the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake,... | |
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