| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 페이지
...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...Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rooking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a power whose care Teaches thy way... | |
| John Frost - 1851 - 542 페이지
...by man ; and they are marked by the swiftness of their flight, and the height to which they soar : " Vainly the fowler's eye, Might mark thy distant flight,...painted on the crimson sky. Thy figure floats along. "Seck'st thou the plashy brink, Of weedy lake, or merge of river wide ; Or where the rocking billows... | |
| John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 1054 페이지
...readers of American poetry : " 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? " All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1852 - 388 페이지
...the deer. TO A WATERFOWL. WHITHER, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue...where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast,— The desert and... | |
| Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - 1977 - 264 페이지
...his life. To a Waterfowl. Whither, midst falling dew, / 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 ftight, to do thee wrong, / As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, / Thy figure floats along. / Thou'rt... | |
| Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - 1977 - 264 페이지
...While glow the heavens with the last steps of day / Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue I Thy solitary way? / Vainly the fowler's eye / Might...thy distant flight, to do thee wrong, / As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, / Thy figure floats along. / Thou'rt gone; the abyss of heaven/ Hath... | |
| Jane Donahue Eberwein - 1978 - 398 페이지
...indicated the pictorial quality, directly related to painting, which Bryant tried to achieve in this poem. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, 10 Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side? There is a Power whose care... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 페이지
...OxBA; PWR; TAP; TrGrPo; WBLP; WGRP To a Waterfowl 25 While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way! (1. 2—4) 73 POETRY QUOTATIONS 74 26 There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless... | |
| Various - 1996 - 496 페이지
...dreams. 1817 TO A WATERFOWL \ 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? 5 Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the... | |
| Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1998 - 381 페이지
...lines would recur to one: "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." A flock of migratory birds can never fail, indeed, to be a beautiful and striking sight. The proud... | |
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