 Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll,...  Moral and Sacred Poetry - Page 26de Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 296 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Elizabeth Pepper - 2002 - 68 pages
...Gemini, Libra, or Aquarius. THE POET AND THE MOON Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; While all the stars that round her hum, And all the planets in their turn. Confirm the tidings... | |
 | Hasan S. Padamsee - 2002 - 708 pages
...to every land, The work of an immortal hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings... | |
 | Timothy Ferris - 2003 - 404 pages
...— clapping hands, I herald dawn. — Basho Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. — Joseph Addison AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE of 1999, on the coast of Lana'i in the Hawaiian Islands,... | |
 | William R. Newell - 1938 - 596 pages
...to every land, The work of an Almighty Hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail. The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn. And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings... | |
 | Charles W. Eliot - 2005 - 529 pages
...publishes to every land The work of aa almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings... | |
 | Jessica Lacher-Feldman - 2007 - 174 pages
...mansion? Mary Mathews, wife of Dr. David Mathews. "Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth, Repeats the story of herbirth; While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 2007 - 298 pages
...hear their sacred music without love and awe? "Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; And all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings... | |
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