 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...sunshine on high, Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow, " Oh! there be hearts that are breaking, below!" Treading its depths in the power of her might, And...on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherished home on some desolate plain! Who,—as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom of... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...light ! Look to the waters ! — asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island of rest 1 Bright and alone on the. shadowy main, Like a heart-cherished home on some desolate plain ! Who — as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...! she looks up to the golden-edged clouds, And the sailor sings gaily aloft in the shrouds : Onward she glides, amid ripple and -spray, Over the waters...on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherished home on some desolate plain ! THE CONVICT SHIP. 177 Who — as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1864 - 466 pages
...Treading its depths in the power of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light I Look to the waters ! — asleep on their breast, Seems...on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherished home on some desolate plain I 4. Who, — as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1866 - 752 pages
...too warm and wild ! Thy lightest thoughts and wishes wore Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow, O, there be hearts that are breaking, below! Night on...on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherished home on some desolate plain! Who — as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom of... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 256 pages
...Night on the waves ! — and the moon is on high, Hung like a gem on the brow of the sky, Treading in depths, in the power of her might, And turning the...on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherished home on some desolate plain. Who — as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom of... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1866 - 468 pages
...power of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light! Look to the waters!—asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island...on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherished home on some desolate plain f 4. Who,—as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...to light ! Look to the waters ! asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island of rest 1 Bright and alone on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherished home on some desolate plain ! Who — as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1867 - 450 pages
...the power of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light I Look to the waters 1 — asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an...the shadowy main, . Like a heart-cherished home on some desolate plain I Who — as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...power of her might, And turning the clouds as they pass her to light! Look to the waters!—asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island of rest t Bright and alone on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherish'd home on some desolate plain ! Who—as... | |
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Music around her, and sunshine on high — Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow, Oh ! there be hearts that are breaking, below ! Night on the waves ! — and the moon is on high, Hung, like a gem, on the brow of the sky ; Treading its depths, in the... 
