 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 sky, Thy...  The Standard authors reader, arranged and annotated by the editor of 'Poetry ... - Page 63by Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...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...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 Deeply hath sunk the... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - United States - 1854 - 508 pages
...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...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. " Seekest thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide ; Or, where the rocking billows... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - Reformers - 1855 - 440 pages
...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...figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink I Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean... | |
 | Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - Antiques & Collectibles - 1977 - 264 pages
...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 mark 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 - Poetry - 1978 - 398 pages
...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... | |
 | Jay Parini - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 788 pages
...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...Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way... | |
 | Various - Poetry - 1996 - 496 pages
...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 crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink 10 Of weedy lake,... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 580 pages
...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 sky, Thy figure floats along. He tries to encourage the bird to stay aloft... | |
 | Paul Negri - Poetry - 2002 - 146 pages
...pleasant dreams. To a Waterfowl 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 sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake,... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - Literary Collections - 2003 - 770 pages
...way? Vainly the fowler's2 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, or marge4 of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side? 1. Where.... | |
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