 | American literature - 1872 - 660 pages
...forth, — God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go rock the little wood-bird in his nest ; Curl the still waters bright with stars ; and rouse...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - American poetry - 1873 - 556 pages
...lorth, — God's blessing breathed cpou ttv fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. Stoop o'er the place of graves, and softly sway The... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 492 pages
...forth, God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest ; Curl t lie still waters, bright with stars ; and rouse The wide...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. Stoop o'er the place of graves, and softly sway The... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1873 - 730 pages
...forth, — GOD'S blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse...his majestic rest, Summoning, from the innumerable houghs, The strange, deep harmonies that haunt his breast: Pleasant shall be thy way where meekly bows... | |
 | 1869 - 468 pages
...forth, God's blessing breithed upon the fainting earth. •Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from h'n majestic rest, Su umoaing from the iunumerable boughs The strange, deep harmonies that hannt his... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...forth, — God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest ; Curl the still waters, bright with stars ; and rouse...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. Stoop o'er the place of graves, and softly sway The... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...upou the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest ; Curl the still waters, blight with stars ; and rouse The wide old wood from his...innumerable boughs, The strange deep harmonies that liaunt his breast. I'leasaut shall be thy way where meekly bows The shutting flower, and darkling waters... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Readers - 1878 - 444 pages
...night ; And, languishing to hear thy grateful sound, 3. Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars ; and rouse...And 'twixt the o'ershadowing branches and the grass. 4. The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee ; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 pages
...forth, — God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And where the o'ershadowing branches sweep the grass. Stoop o'er the place of graves, and softly sway The... | |
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God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange, deep harmonies... 
