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" WHEN breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal an hour from study and care, And hie me away to the woodland scene, Where wanders the stream with waters of green, As if the bright fringe of herbs on its brink Had given their stain to the wave they drink;... "
The Southern Review - Page 449
1832
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Specimens of the American Poets

American poetry - 1822 - 298 pages
...lingers near ; But when he marks the brightening sky, He bounds away to hunt the deer. GREEN RIVER. And hie me away to the woodland scene, Where wanders...; And they, whose meadows it murmurs through, Have nain'd the stream from its own fair hue. Yet pure its waters, its shallows are bright With colour'd...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 11

1822 - 496 pages
...have said in Mr. Bryant's favour : — The Green Jlnxr. When breezes are soft and skin ire flur, 1 steal an hour from study and care, And hie me away...Where wanders the stream with waters of green, As if lhe bright fringe of herbs on iu brink Had given their tinge to the wave they drink ; And they, whose...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 5

1839 - 876 pages
...communion, to endure with Christian patience the clouds of dust that enveloped us, even through that " woodland scene, Where wanders the stream with waters...of herbs on its brink, Had given their stain to the waves Ihey drink ; And they whose meadows ft murmurs through, Hare named the stream from its own fair...
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Selections from the American Poets: With Some Introductory Remarks

American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...lessening eurrent run ; The realm our tribes are erushed to get May be a barren desert yet. GREEN RIVER. WHEN breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal an hour from study and eare, And hie me away to the woodland seene, Where wanders the stresm with waters of green . As if...
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Scenes and Characters Illustrating Christian Truth, Volume 3

Henry Ware - Christianity in literature - 1835 - 174 pages
...Greenbrook. The place derives its name from a stream of water which bears this descriptive appellation, lt As if the bright fringe of herbs on its brink, Had...through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue." There is one particularly beautiful spot, where this little river, or rather brook (for it is not wider...
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The Mountain Wild Flower: Or, Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Ann Bise, a Lady who Died ...

Charles Edwards Lester - 1838 - 272 pages
...fragrance over her tomb. MEMOIR. CHAPTER I. " When breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal me an hour from study and care, And hie me away to the...wanders the stream with waters of green ; As if the bri ght fringe of herbs on its brink Had given their stain to the wave they drink ; And they whose...
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Catharine Maria Sedgwick - American literature - 1839 - 188 pages
...Greenbrook. The place derives its name from a stream of water which bears this descriptive appellation, " As if the bright fringe of herbs on its brink, Had...through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue." There is one particularly beautiful spot, where this little river, or rather brook (for it is not wider...
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Poems

William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 pages
...them, till the tears shall dim thy sight, But keep that earlier, wilder image bright. E 19 GREEN RIVER. WHEN breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal...named the stream from its own fair hue. Yet pure its waters—its shallows are bright With coloured pebbles and sparkles of light, And clear the depths...
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The American Elocutionist: Comprising "Lessons in Enunciation', "Exercises ...

William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 428 pages
...distinguished by a moderate force, the middle pitch, and a moderate rate ; as in the following example : " When breezes are soft, and skies are fair, I steal...brink Had given their stain to the wave they drink." The same general class of tones, predominates in the reading of common narration or description, in...
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Elocution; Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION. — Grattan. When breezes are soft, and skies are fair, I steal...the woodland scene, Where wanders the stream with waJersof greenj As if the bright fringe — of herbs on its brink Had given their stain, to the wave...
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