| 1851 - 786 pages
...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 flnttซr... | |
| 1833 - 508 pages
...with all its rounded billows fixed And motionless forever. Motionless ? No, they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and...the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prarie-hawk, that, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not ye have played Among the... | |
| 1833 - 522 pages
...billows fixed And motionless forever. Motionless ? No, they are all unchained again. The clouda Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath The surface...the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prarie-hawk, that, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not ye have played Among the... | |
| 1834 - 222 pages
...with all its rounded billows fixed And motionless forever. Motionless ? No, they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and...the flame-like flowers, And pass the prairie-hawk, thnt, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not ye have played Among the palms of Mexico,... | |
| 1837 - 830 pages
...soon shall fill these deserts. Breezes of the south ! Who toss the golden and the ßame-like flmcers, And pass the prairie-hawk that poised on high, Flaps his broad wings yet moves not! There is an objectionable elipsis in the expression "I behold them for the first," meaning "first time;"... | |
| 1836 - 496 pages
...all its rounded billows fixed And motionless for ever. Motionless ? No, they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over 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 Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 288 pages
...over them. The face of the ground seems to fluctuate and toss like the billows of the sea. Page 51. the prairie-hawk that, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not. I have seen the prairie-hawk balancing himself in the air for hours together, apparently over the same... | |
| William Chambers - 1837 - 352 pages
...with all its rounded billows fixed And motionless forever. Motionless ? No, they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and...high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not ye have played Among the palms of Mexico, and vines Of Texas, and have crisped the limpid brooks That from... | |
| 1837 - 790 pages
...domestic hum, and think I hear The sound of the ailrancing multitude Which toon shall fill these deserts. Breezes of the south ! Who toss the golden and the...poised on high, Flaps his broad wings yet moves not! There is an objectionable elipsis in the expression " I behold them for the first,1' meaning " first... | |
| Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1837 - 164 pages
...his rounded billows fixed, And motionless forever. Motionless ? No they're all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and...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... | |
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