 The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there.  The Williams Quarterly - Page 2921857Full view - About this book
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...birds flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea. For every wave with dimpled cheek, That leaped upon...star in its embrace, And held it trembling' there. The young moon, too, whh upturned sides. Her mirrored beauty gave, And as a bark at anchor rides She... | |
 | Caroline May - 1848 - 624 pages
...thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea; For every wave with dimpled face, That leap'd upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The young moon too with upturn'd sides Her mirror'd beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor rides, She... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1849 - 544 pages
...free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. " The young moon, too, with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And as a bark at anchor rides,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 428 pages
...free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The yaung moon, too, with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave. And, as a bark at anchor rides,... | |
 | Lowestoft (England) - 1851 - 102 pages
...dropped from the sky, while the sea itself sparkles with myriad gems, and appears as though each wave " Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it, trembling, there." The lights from the town shine over the watery flood with a dim and solemn lustre ; those of the piers,... | |
 | 1855 - 852 pages
...stars as beautiful looked up from the depths of the blue waters; "For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." On that wide expanse, far out of sight of land, floated a Roman galley. For days had that good ship... | |
 | Amelia - 1856 - 276 pages
...free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The young moon too with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor rides. She... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1857 - 612 pages
...birds, flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave, with dimpled cheek, That leaped upon...star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." The quiet stillness of the evening, the reflection of the stars in the sea, are the two simple ideas... | |
 | Amelia - 1858 - 304 pages
...free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The young moon too with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor rides. She... | |
 | Joseph Haven - 1865 - 612 pages
...birds, flew by, As lightly and as (roe ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave, with dimpled cheek, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a shir in its embrace, And held it trembling there." The quiet stillness of the evening, the reflection... | |
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