 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - Periodicals - 1867 - 450 pages
...power of her migbt, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light I Look to the waters l—asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island of rest f Bright and alone on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherished bome on some desolate plain I Who—as... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1868 - 328 pages
...gem, on the brow of the sky ; Treading its depths, in the power of her might, And tnrning the clonds, as they pass her, to light. Look to the waters, —...rest? Bright and alone on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherish'd home on some desolate plain ! Who — as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - English literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...! she looks up to the golden-edged clouds, And the sailor sings gaily aloft in her shrouds; Onward she glides, amid ripple and spray, Over the waters,...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... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1870 - 382 pages
...light. Look to the waters ! asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island at rest'3 ? — Bright" and alone" on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherished home on some desolate plain'1 ? 4. Who — as she smiles in the silvery light, - *'&;• Spreading her wings... | |
 | Child - 1871 - 328 pages
...aloft in the shrouds : Onward she glides, amid ripple and spray, Over the waters — away, and awray ! Bright as the visions of youth, ere they part, Passing...rest ? Bright and alone on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherish'd home on some desolate plain ! Who — as she smiles in the silvery light, THE CONVICT... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - Elocution - 1871 - 664 pages
...think, amid glitter and glow, Oh! there are hearts that are breaking below 1 3. Night on the waves I — and the moon is on high, Hung, like a gem, on the...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... | |
 | Gems - 1871 - 280 pages
...the waves ! and the moon is on high — Hung, like a gem, on the brow of the sky, Treading its steps, in the power of her might, And turning the clouds,...rest ? Bright and alone on the shadowy main, Like a heart-cherish'd home on some desolate plain ! Who— as she smiles on the silvery light, Spreading... | |
 | English poetry - 1871 - 476 pages
...is on high, Hung like a gem on the brow of the sky ; Treading its depths in the power of her might, Turning the clouds as they pass her to light. —...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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 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 I 4. Who,—as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 564 pages
...light ! Look to the waters ! — asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island of rest f 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... | |
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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... 
