 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.  Ship and Shore: Or, Pencil Sketches on a Recent Voyage To, and a Tour In ... - Página 144por John Spence (jr.), Young physician - 1847 - 148 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1841 - 908 páginas
...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...thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled check, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - 1842 - 418 páginas
...caught Their mingled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. 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. The... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 páginas
...can^lit Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and quick as thought, Away the ripples Hew. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. Our limits will not allow us to insprt more of this poem, which we consider one of the most chaste... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 1845 - 348 páginas
...conceptions, the more striking the figure, under such circumstances. I will give one other example : . " The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...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." Who... | |
 | Amelia - 1845 - 274 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1845 - 792 páginas
...with a cotemporary that Moore never conceived a more exquisite fancy than the following by " Amelia." The twilight hours like birds flew by As lightly and...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped up in the air, Had caught a star in its... | |
 | 1846 - 730 páginas
...conception, unless, perhaps, the following, from a piece of her own, entitled, (if we remember,) MUSINGS : " 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 AIH, Had caught a star in its embrace,... | |
 | Amelia - 1846 - 218 páginas
...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...and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, • M Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught... | |
 | Amelia - 1847 - 274 páginas
...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,... | |
 | 1847 - 1230 páginas
...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... | |
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