 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...crimson pall of eve may fall From the depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rest, on mine airy nest, That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals...roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1832 - 598 pages
...In the light of its golden wings. And when sunset may breathe, from the lit sea beneath Its ardors of rest and of love, And the crimson pall of eve may...roof, The stars peep behind her and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
 | 1831 - 542 pages
...love, And the crimson pall of eve may fall From the depth of heaven above, With wings folded I rett, on mine airy nest, As still as a brooding dove. That...roof, The stars peep behind her and peer : And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...still as a brooding dove. That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon, r.lides idge to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees. When I widen the rent in my wind-built tcnl,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1832 - 824 pages
...golden wings. And when sunset may breathe, from the lit sea beneath, Its ardours of rest and of lore, And the crimson pall of eve may fall From the depth...roof, The stars peep behind her and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...orbed maiden, with white fire laden. Whom mortals call the moon. Glides glimmering o'er my lleece-like floor. By the midnight breezes strewn; And wherever...roof, The stars peep behind her and peer: And I laugh to see them whirl and Hee. Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my windbuilt tent,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1833 - 850 pages
...shines dead ; As on the jag of a mountain crag, Which an earthquake rocks and swings, An eagle alit one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings....broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars pee]) behind her and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...shines dead. As on the jag of a mountain crag, Which an earthquake rocks and swings, An eagle alit one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings....roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...shines dead. As on the jag of a mountain crag, Which an earthquake rocks and swings, An eagle alit one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings....roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent,... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...shines dead. As on the jag of a mountain crag, Which an earthquake rocks and swings, An eagle alit, one moment may sit In the light of its golden wings...tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer i And I laugh to see them whirl and tlee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my... | |
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That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight breezes strewn ; And wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's... 
