 Through its beautiful banks, in a trance of song. Though forced to drudge for the dregs of men, And scrawl strange words with the barbarous pen, And mingle among the jostling crowd, Where the sons of strife are subtle and loud — I often come to this...  The Southern Review - Page 4501832Full view - About this book
 | British periodicals - 1822 - 688 pages
...loud; I sometimes comt! to this qnfet place, To breathe the air that ruffles tliy free, And g.'ixe cpon thee In silent dream; For, in thy lonely and lovely...life appears. That won my heart in my greener years. [May lf The .ii'-i'it and Illimitable air,— Lone wandering, but* not tost; All day thy wln-rs fcttTe... | |
 | 1821 - 276 pages
...strife are subtle and loud ; I sometimes come to this quiet place, To breathe the air that ruffles thy face, And gaze upon thee in silent dream ; For,...life appears That won my heart in my greener years. No. III. How various his employments, whom the world Calls idle. Confer. NEW-YORK: WILEY & HALSTED,... | |
 | 1821 - 534 pages
...sometimes come to this quiet place, To breathe the air that ruffles thy face, And gaze upon thee in sileot dream ; For, in thy lonely and lovely stream, An image...life appears That won my heart in my greener years. 63 3 3D RIB No. III. How Tariout his employment!, whom the world Calls idle. Compcr. NEW-YORK: WILEY... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pages
...strife are subtle and loud) 1 sometimes come to this quiet place, To: breathe the air that ruffles thy face, And gaze upon thee in silent dream ; For,...life appears. That won my heart in my greener years* We fully agree with the editor in the partiality with which he regards Mr. Bryant's productions ; one... | |
 | American poetry - 1822 - 298 pages
...mingle among the jostling crowd, 1 sometimes come to this quiet place, To breathe the air that ruffles thy face, And gaze upon thee in silent dream ; For,...life appears, That won my heart in my greener years. THANATOPSIS. To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...strife are subtle and loud ; I sometimes come to this quiet place, To breathe the air that ruffles thy face, And gaze upon thee in silent dream ; For,...image of that calm life appears That won my heart in rny greener years. Lason 43.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. 109 LESSON XLIH. TAe mutual relation between sleep... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...words with the barbarous pen, And mingle among the jostling crowd, Where the sons of strife are subtle and loud — I often come to this quiet place, To...appears That won my heart in my greener years. THE YELLOW VIOLET. WHEN beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue bird's warble know, The yellow... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...are subtle and loud — I often eome to this quiet plaee, To breathe the airs that ruffle thy faee, _ And gaze upon thee in silent dream ; For in thy lonely and lovely stream, An image of that ealm life appears That won my heart in my greener years. , THE YELLOW VIOLET. i WHEN beeehen buds begin... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...strife are subtle and loud ; I sometimes come to this quiet place, To breathe the air that ruffles thy face, And gaze upon thee in silent dream ; For,...life appears That won my heart in my greener years. LESSON XLIII. The mutual relation between sleep and night. — PALEY. THE relation of sleep to night... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...words with the barbarous pen, And mingle among the jostling crowd, Where the sons of strife are subtle and loud — I often come to this quiet place, .To...life appears, That won my heart in my greener years. TO A CLOUD. BEAUTIFUL cloud ! with folds so soft and fair, Swimming in the pure quiet air ! Thy fleeces... | |
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