 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, George Stillman Hilliard - 1831 - 372 pagina’s
...sleepless influence, a personification of unending duration, uttering aloud the oracles of primeval truth. 'Listen ! the mighty being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion mako A sound like thunder, everlastingly.' Where are the myriads of men who have trodden its shores,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...Milton, in his The thing became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free. The holy time...child! dear girl, that walkest with me here ! If thou appearest untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not, therefore, less divine: Thou Host in Abraham's... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 pagina’s
...The winds, that will be howling at all hours And are up-gather'd now, like sleeping flowers." " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun, Breathless with adoration .'" " Flowers laugh before thee in their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treadt" " The cataracts... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 pagina’s
...The winds, that will be howling at all hours And are up-gather'd now, like sleeping flowert." " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a mm. Breathless with adoration l" " F.lmocrt laugh before thee in their beds, And fragrance in thy footing... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 530 pagina’s
...would pass unheeded. The following may be taken after little more than a moment's selection :— " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free; The holy time...And doth, with his eternal motion, make A sound like thunder—everlastingly. Dear child ! dear girl! that walkest with me here, If thou appear'st untouched... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 522 pagina’s
...would pass unheeded. The following may be taken after little more than a moment's selection :— " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free; The holy time...The gentleness of heaven is on the sea: Listen ! the ruighty Being is awake, And doth, with his eternal motion, make A sound like thunder—everlastingly.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1837 - 376 pagina’s
...as, through that power, it ceased to mourn. XXX. AIR sleeps, — from strife or stir the clouds are free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless...down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea : But list ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1837 - 976 pagina’s
...and free — The holy time as quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration — the broad sun Is kinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven is on the sea." But its gentleness passes away, even while he is sleeping! — his dreams are of home and happiness... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pagina’s
...a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains, — alas, too few. II It A BEAUTEOUS EVENING. IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time...child ! dear girl ! that walkest with me here, If thou appear'st untouch'd by solemn thought, Thy nature is not, therefore, less divine ; Thou liest in Abraham's... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pagina’s
...he hlew Soul-animating strains, — alas, too few. 1T 1S A BKAUT£OUS LvtN1.Nti. IT is a heauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as...child ! dear girl ! that walkest with me here, If thou appear'st untouch'd hy solemn thought, Thy nature is not, therefore, less divine ; Thou lie»t in Abraham's... | |
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It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven is on the Sea: Listen! 
