 WE knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens — Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the...  Putnam's Monthly - Page 3711857Full view - About this book
 | 1857 - 716 pages
...honor his drafts to the tune of the £,. sd hereunto appended. "Humph!" said consul, "there's a pair1 of you." Consul was good and kind-hearted, but he...marshes and swamps and dismal fens — Scooping the dew thntluy in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers... | |
 | A. De Puy Van Buren - Southern States - 1859 - 336 pages
...morning to htfar, once more, old chanticleer's " Cottage-rousing crow." WILLOW DALE IN A RAIN-SHOWER. "We knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit, on...the sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers." ALDKICH. I love to sit by my window and look out into this fine shower of rain. We have had a series... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - Commonplace-books - 1863 - 254 pages
...their native shore." , Charles Sprague. WE KNEW IT WOULD RAIN. " WE knew it would rain, for all the day A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its golden buckets away, Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes, and swamps, and dismal fens; Scooping the dew that lay in... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...that flowers such growths shall be Eden, the Garden of God. XXXV.—BEFORE THE RAIN. TB ALDRICH. 1. We knew it would rain, for, all the morn, A spirit on...Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethysts 2. Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens,— Scooping the dew that lay on the flowers, Dipping... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 372 pages
...flowers such growths shall be Eden, the Garden of God. XXXV.— BEFORE THE RAIN. TB ALDRICH. 1. We knew it would rain, for, all the morn, A spirit on...Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethysts. 2. Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens, — Scooping the dew that lay on the flowers,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...thoughts are sent, The only home for me — Ah me! THOMA8 BAILEY ALDRICH. [U. s. A.1 BEFORE THE It AIN\ WE knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit on...vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens, — Scoopingthedewthat lavin the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea. To sprinkle them over... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...thoughts are sent, The only home for me — Ah me! THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. [USA] BEFORE THE BAIN. new it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit on slender...buckets down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swampsand dismal fens, — Scoopingthedewthat lay in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea,... | |
 | Lucy Larcom - Nature in literature - 1876 - 278 pages
...And earth shall bless thee yet again, O, gentle, gentle summer rain. WC Bennett. BEFORE THE RAIN. WE knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit on...in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea, We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves, the amber grain Shrunk in... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - American literature - 1876 - 168 pages
...conceptions of modern fietion. EXTRACTS. L BBFORR THR RAIN. We knew it would rain, for all the mom, A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its...the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea, To scatter them over the land in showers. We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...thoughts are sent, The only home for me — Ah me ! THOMA8 BAILEY ALDRICH. [U. s. Al BEFORE THE RAIN. WF. knew it would rain, for all the morn, A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its golden backets down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens, — Scoopingthedewthat... | |
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