 God of the forest's solemn shade! The grandeur of the lonely tree, That wrestles singly with the gale, Lifts up admiring eyes to thee; But more majestic far they stand, When, side by side, their ranks they form, To wave on high their plumes of green,...  Chambers's Pocket Miscellany - Page 381854Full view - About this book
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...eyes to thee j But more majestic far they stand, When, side by side, their ranks they form, To wave on high their plumes of green, And fight their battles...sweetly flow, Or, gathering in their angry might, That hardly lifts the drooping flower, To the wild whirlwind's midnight cry— The fierce and wintry... | |
 | 1828 - 396 pages
...fai they stand When, side by tide, their ranks they form To wave on high their plumes of green, Aud fight their battles with the storm. God of the light and viewless air ! Where summer brerzes freely dow, • Or gathering in their angry might, The fierce and winlry tempest blow : All... | |
 | 1834 - 406 pages
...their plumes of green, And fight their battles with the storm. r. God of the light and viewless air I Where summer breezes sweetly flow, Or, gathering in their angry might, The fieree and wintry tempests blow ; All— from the evenfng's plaintive sigh, That hardly lifts the drooping... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 pages
...eyes to thee; But more majestic far they stand, When, side by side, their ranks they form, To wave on high their plumes of green, And fight their battles...sweetly flow, Or, gathering in their angry might, The lierce and wintry tempests blow ; All — from the evening's plaintive sigh, That hardly lifts the... | |
 | 1839 - 430 pages
...breathes, Depart in peace. God of the forest's solemn shade ! But more majestic far they stand, To wave on high their plumes of green, And fight their battles with the storm. When, side by side, their ranks they form, Where summer breezes sweetly flow, Or, gathering in their... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 pages
...eyes to thee; But more majestic far they stand, When, side by side, their ranks they form, To wave on high their plumes of green, And fight their battles with the storm. Or, gathering in their angry might, The fierce and wintry tempests blow; All—from the evening's plaintive... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 pages
...their ranks they form, To wave on high their plumes of green, And fight their battles with the storm. Or, gathering in their angry might, The fierce and wintry tempests blow; All—from the evening's plaintive sigh, That hardly lifts the drooping flower, To the wild whirlwind's... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 318 pages
...eyes to thee; But more majestic far they stand, When, side by side, their ranks they form, To wave on high their plumes of green, And fight their battles...angry might, The fierce and wintry tempests blow; All—from the evening's plaintive sigh, That hardly lifts the drooping flower, To the wild whirlwind's... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...eyes to thee ; But more majestic far they stand, When, side by side, their ranks they form, To wave on high their plumes of green, And fight their battles...summer breezes sweetly flow, Or, gathering in their airy might, The fierce and wintry tempests blow ; All — from the evening's plaintive sigh, That hardly... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...eyes to thee ; But more majestic far they stand, When, side by side, their ranks they form, To wave on high their plumes of green, And fight their battles with the storm. Gon of the light and viewless air ! Where summer breezes sweetly flow, Or. gathering in their angry... | |
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