 | Timothy Flint - Mississippi River Valley - 1830 - 696 pages
...fainting earth ! 'Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters bright with stare, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And 'uvixt the o'ershadcnving branche« and the gras* ' The faint old man shall lean his silver head To... | |
 | Sidney Willard - American literature - 1832 - 560 pages
..." Evening Wind " breathes a deeper and tenderer strain. "Go rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And 'twjxt the o'ershadowing branches and the grass. " The faint old man shall lean his silver head To... | |
 | England - 1832 - 868 pages
...Co, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse 1 he wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from...harmonies that haunt his breast • Pleasant shall lie thy way where meekly bows ' The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass And 'twill the o'enthadowing... | |
 | A. B. Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 496 pages
...go forth, God's blessing breathe upon the fainting earth! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The strange, deep harmonies that haunt his breast;... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...forth, God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass,... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wild old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the...bows The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee ; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...in his nest. Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wild old wood from his majestie rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange,...deep harmonies that haunt his breast ; Pleasant shall bo thy way where meekly bnws The shutting lower, and darkling waters pass, Aad twist the o'ershadowing... | |
 | 1837 - 830 pages
...depending upon the other, and each beautiful. Here are three lines breathing all the spirit of Shelley. Pleasant shall be thy way, where meekly bows The shutting flower, and darkling waters past, And 'twixt the u'ershadowing branches and the grass. The conclusion is admirable — Go — but... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...forth, God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth! Go, rock the little wood-bird ih his nest, st of eight days, in which they totally abstain from food ; but during which t majestick rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange, deep harmonies that haunt nis breast:... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, aim rouse The wide old wood from his majestick rest. Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange, deep harmonies that haunt nis breast: Pleasant shall be thy way where meekly bows The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass,... | |
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God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange, deep harmonies... 
