 | Woodland - 1868 - 186 páginas
...shines dead. As on the jag of a mountain crag, Which an earthquake rocks and swings, An eagle alit one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings....woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 páginas
...ghmmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight breezes strewn; And wherever the beat of her nnseen feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken...thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I langh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-bnilt... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 páginas
...shines dead; As on the jag of a mountain crag, Which an earthquake rocks and swings, An eagle alit, one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings....roof, The stars peep behind her and peer : And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 páginas
...the jag of a mountain crag, Which an earthquake rocks and swings, An eagle alit one moment may sit Its ardours of rest and of love, And the crimson pall...roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 páginas
...of its golden wings. And when sunset may breathe, from the lit sea beneath, Its ardours of rest and love, And the crimson pall of eve may fall From the...roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built teut,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 páginas
...rest, on mine airy nest, As still' as a brooding dove. That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, AVhom mortals call the moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like...roof, The stars peep behind her' and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, N When I widen the ront1 in my wind -built... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 páginas
...expression, " Leave not a rack behind," is well known. 8 It» ardors, — its warm sympathies with. Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the...broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars j>eep behind her ami peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 páginas
...golden wings. And when sunset may breathe, from the lit sea belts ardours of rest and love, [neath, And the crimson pall of eve may fall From the depth...roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1870 - 628 páginas
...depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. IV. That orbed maiden with white fire laden Whom mortals...roof, The Stars peep behind her and peer. And I laugh to see them whirl and flee Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 páginas
...Cloud, in the opinion of many cr1ties, bear a purer poetical stamp than any other of his productions. That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals...roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
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That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight breezes strewn ; And wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's... 
