 I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell, Stood still, with all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless...  The New Monthly Magazine - Sivu 2981853Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1851 - 786 sivua
...unchained again. The clonds Sweep over with the shadows, and beneath The surface rolls and flnctuates to the eye ; Dark hollows seem to glide along, and chase The sunny ridges. .... Still this great solitnde is qnick with life. Myriads of insects, gandy as the flowers They flntt«r... | |
 | 1833 - 508 sivua
...ocean in its gentlest swell Stood still, with all its rounded billows fixed And motionless forever. — Motionless ? No, they are all unchained again. The...hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges. Breezes of the South ! Who toss the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prarie-hawk, that,... | |
 | 1833 - 522 sivua
...billows fixed And motionless forever. — Motionless ? No, they are all unchained again. The clouda Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath The surface...hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges. Breezes of the South ! Who toss the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prarie-hawk, that,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 sivua
...for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if...hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges. Breezes of the South ! Who toss the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prairie-hawk that,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 sivua
...Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell, Stood stiD, with all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless...hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges. Breezes of the South ! Who toss the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prairie-hawk that,... | |
 | 1836 - 496 sivua
...stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if an ocean in its gentlest swell Stood still, with all its rounded billows fixed And motionless for ever. —...with their shadows, and beneath, The surface rolls snd fluctuates to the eye; Dark hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges. Breezes of... | |
 | William Chambers - 1837 - 352 sivua
...ocean in its gentlest swell Stood still, with all its rounded billows fixed And motionless forever. Motionless ? No, they are all unchained again. The...hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges. Breezes of the South ! Who toss the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prairie-hawk, that,... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1837 - 164 sivua
...still, with all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless forever. — Motionless ? — No— they're all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their...to the eye : Dark hollows seem to glide along, and chose The sunny ridges. In the southern part of the state, the prairies are comparatively small, varying... | |
 | Edmund Flagg - 1838 - 258 sivua
...traveller, until he finds himself upon the summit, and the immense landscape is spread out around him. " The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath,...hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges." The diversity of light and shade upon the swells and depressions at the hour of sunrise, or when at... | |
 | 1840 - 322 sivua
...in its gentlest swell Stood still', with all its rounded billows fixed', And motionless', forever. Motionless' ? No, they are all unchained again. The...seem to glide along', and chase The sunny ridges. Breezes of the South', That toss the golden and the flamelike flowers', And pass the prairie hawk that',... | |
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