The day was lingering in the pale north-west, And night was hanging o'er my head, — Night where a myriad stars were spread; While down in the east, where the light was least. Seemed the home of the quiet dead. And, as I gazed on the field sublime, To... Jephthah's Daughter - Page viiiby Charles Heavysege - 1865 - 74 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Douw Lighthall - Canada Poetry - 1889 - 516 pages
...eye-lids, lapse and faint The noon's derisive visions, — fade and cease ! TWILIGHT. CHARLES HEAVYSEGE. THE day was lingering in the pale north-west, And...Millenniums a millionfold From the ancient hour of prime ! THE WHIP-POOR-WILL. " FlDELIS." OH, whip-poor-will ! oh, whip-poor-will ! When all the joyous day... | |
| William Douw Lighthall - Canada Poetry - 1889 - 516 pages
...of the quiet dead. And, as I gazed on the field sublime, To watch the bright pulsating stars, A down the deep, where the angels sleep, Came drawn the golden...Millenniums a millionfold From the ancient hour of prime ! THE WHIP-POOR-WILL. " FIDELIS." OH, whip-poor-will ! oh, whip-poor-will ! When all the joyous day... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 802 pages
...deep, where the angels sleep, Came drawn the golden chime Of those great spheres that sound the jean For the horologe of time ; — Millenniums numberless...Millenniums a millionfold From the ancient hour of prime 1 FROM THE DRAMA OF "DE ROBERVAL" OHNXWA SCENE. — Within the fort of Quebec. Soldiers carousing.... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 810 pages
...I gazed on the field sublime To watch the bright pulsating stars, Adown the deep, where the angels For the horologe of time ; — Millenniums numberless they told, Millenniums a millionfold sleep, Came drawn the golden chime FROM THE DRAMA OF "DE ROBERVAL" OHNXWA SCENE. — Within the fort... | |
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