 The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea : , For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there.  Arthur's Magazine - Side 247redigert av - 1845Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John William Kirton - 1880 - 284 sider
...caught Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 sider
...thoughtful hour of musing bv the Sea. JOHN CREENLEAF TWILIGHT AT SEA, Тик twilight hours, like birds, Hew That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, \Miat shoul on the sea ; For every wave, witli dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its... | |
 | S. S. Hamill - 1881 - 402 sider
...my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. 4. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, Aj1d held it trembling there. 5. The young moon, too, with upturned sides, Her mirrored beauty gave,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1881 - 426 sider
...free; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea: For every wave with dimpled cheek That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. 125. Humor runs through his speeches like violets in a harvestfield, giving sweet odor and beauty to... | |
 | Isabella Lucy Bird - 1881 - 416 sider
...beautiful crescent, which hung over the wooded hill, had set, and the heavens blazed with stars : " Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea, And every wave with dimpled face, That leapt upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 1885 - 350 sider
...conceptions, the more striking the figure, under such circumstances. I will give one other example : "The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...thousand In the sea ; For every wave with dimpled cheek That leaped upon the air. Had caught a star in its embrace. And held it trembling there." Who... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 sider
...stream — nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. AMELIA B. WELBY. TWILIGHT AT SEA. THE twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...free; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea. For every wave with dimpled face That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1883 - 610 sider
...description, and the creations of the conceptive faculty, may be shown by reference to a single example : " The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; i For every wave, with dimpled cheek That leaped upon the air, -* ': Had caught a star in its embrace,... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 sider
...you gave her a smile. And trembled with fear at your frown ! Ben Bolt. AMELIA B. WELBY. 1821-1852. For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon...star in its embrace. And held it trembling there. Musings. Stanza 4. EDWIX RANSFORD. In the days when we went g3'psying A long time ago ; The lads and... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1883 - 662 sider
...Wexford Bay. JOHN BOYLE O'REtLLY. TW1LlGHT AT SEA : A FRAGMENT. twilight hours like birds flew by, JL As lightly and as free : Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea. For every wave, with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace,... | |
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