 Twas the hour of day When setting suns o'er summer seas display A path of glory opening in the west To golden climes and islands of the blest; And human voices, on the silent air, Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there...  Poems - Page 129by Samuel Rogers - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1860 - 136 pages
...the hour of day, When setting suns o'er summer seas display A path of glory, opening in the west, 25 To golden climes, and islands of the blest; And human...air,' Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there ! THE DUTY OF FOEGIVENESS.—[JOHNSON.] 1. A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows... | |
 | Ocean lays - 1864 - 400 pages
...sighs : While his dear boys — oh, on his neck they hung, And long at parting to his garments clung ! Chosen of men ! 'Twas thine, at noon of night, First from the prow to hail the glimmering light ; (Emblem of truth divine, whose secret ray Enters the soul, and makes the darkness day !) " PEDRO... | |
 | Arthur Mangin - Marine animals - 1868 - 480 pages
...and valuable science whose outlines we have here attempted to trace. CHAPTER III. THE GULF STREAM. 11 A path of glory, opening in the west To golden climes, and islands of the blest." ROGERS. [HAT Maury has named the heart of ocean, is the great Equatorial Zone, the central furnace... | |
 | 1869 - 506 pages
...heart-throbs, and when the sands of time are run out, may a glad eternity roll in. THE GULF STREAM. "A path of glory, opening in the west To golden climes, and islands of the blest." THE Gulf Stream is so named, because it seems to have its source in the Gulf of Mexico. According to... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1869 - 548 pages
...human voices, on the silent air, Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there ! Chosen of Men ! 4 'Twas thine, at noon of night, First from the prow to hail the glimmering light ; 5 1 "Ex ligno lucido confectum, et arte mira laboratum." (P. Martyr, dec. i. 5.) * The Simoom. *... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - Elocution - 1871 - 468 pages
...bat it is eminently characterized by the merits of good taste, refinement, and careful composition. A path of glory, opening in the west To golden climes...air Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there I 2. Chosen of men ! 'Twas thine at noon of night First from the prow to hail the glimmering light... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...anthem rose, Rose to the Virgin. 'Twas the hour of day, When setting suns o'er summer seas display d a e c Yga@ .. lignt (Emblem of Truth divine, whose secret ray Enters the soul and makes the darkness day !) : " Pedro... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Black people - 1873 - 594 pages
...prayers of so devout a man; for— " 'Twas the hour of day When setting suns o'er summer seas display A path of glory opening in the west To golden climes...air Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there." CHAPTER XI. " Long on the wave the morning mists reposed, Then broke, and melting into light, disclosed... | |
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...anthem rose,— Hose to the Virgin. 'Twas the hour of day, When setting suns o'er summer seas display A path of glory, opening in the west To golden climes,...air, Went o'er the waves in songs of gladness there ! 6. Chosen of men! 'twas thine, at noon of night, First from the prow to hail the glimmering light;... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Dominican Republic - 1873 - 668 pages
...prayers of so devout a man ; for — " 'Twas the hour of day When setting suns o'er summer seas display A path of glory opening in the west To golden climes...human voices on the silent air Went o'er the waves in songg of gladuesg there." CHAPTER XI. " Long on the wave the morning mi-- reposed. Then broke, and... | |
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