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... Retrospective Review - Page 314edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
| Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 580 pages
...at once of the bird's vulnerability and of the instincts nature has given it to survive its enemies. Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens...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... | |
| Sigurd F. Olson - Nature - 2001 - 250 pages
...values. Do you know why you like a particular poem? What do William Cullen Bryant's lines do to you: Whither, 'midst falling dew While glow the heavens with the last steps of day. What do those lines from "To a Waterfowl" do to you duck hunters? I know what they do to me. They are... | |
| Paul Negri - Poetry - 2002 - 146 pages
...one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. To a Waterfowl Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy...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
...problem, the second revealing the solution, and the third making the application. To a Waterfowl Whither,1 midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's2 eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky,... | |
| Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - Literary Collections - 2003 - 770 pages
...problem, the second revealing the solution, and the third making the application. To a Waterfowl Whither,1 midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the...last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dostthou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's2 eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee... | |
| William Roetzheim - Poetry - 2006 - 760 pages
...mountains blue, he went to dwell with her, the friends who mourned him never knew. To a Waterfowl1 Whither, 'midst falling dew, while glow the heavens...their rosy depths, dost thou pursue thy solitary way? Form: Iambic, 3-5-5-3 pattern. ABAB end rhymes — Vocabulary: Whither: where are you going: fowler:... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - Science - 2007 - 417 pages
...will bear jepetition here : — TO A WATER-FOWL. Whither, "midst falling dew, While glow the heavani with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy...solitary way! Vainly the fowler's eye - Might mark thy diatant iight to do thee wrong, AM, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st... | |
| Schuyler T. Wallace - Social Science - 2007 - 345 pages
...considered by some anthologists to be in the top one hundred most popular American poems, is To a Waterfowl. Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong As, darkly painted on the crimson sky Thy figure floats along. Susan Warner (1819-1885) and Anna Bartlett Warner... | |
| Mary Harmon Weeks - Child rearing - 1914 - 332 pages
...its course. How like the water fowl he was! That night he wrote the matchless song to a water fowl : "Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of dayj Far, through their rosy depths, dost them pursue Thy solitary way?" And then following it through... | |
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