 Tis a bird I love, with its brooding note, And the trembling throb in its mottled throat ; There's a human look in its swelling breast, And the gentle curve of its lowly crest ; And I often stop with the fear I feel, He runs so close to the rapid wheel....  Selections from the American Poets - Page 87by William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...the fear I feel— He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour or funeral knell — The dove in the belfry...swings out to the midnight moon — When the sexton cheerily rings for noon — When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When the child is waked... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - American poetry - 1837 - 266 pages
...fear I feel — He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour or funeral knell — The dove in the belfry...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moonWhen the sexton cheerly rings for noon — When the clock strikes clear at morning light — When... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...the fear I feel, He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour, or funeral knell — The dove in the...tongue swings out to the midnight moon, When the sexton checrly rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When the child is waked with... | |
 | The Dublin University Magazine.VOL.XXII July to December,1843 - 1843 - 770 pages
...the fear I feel, He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour, or funeral knell — The dove in the...swings out to the midnight moon, ' When the sexton cheerily rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When the child is waked with... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...the fear I feel, He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour, or funeral knell — The dove in the...tongue swings out to the midnight moon, When the sexton cheerily rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light, When the child is waked with... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...the fear I feel, He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour, or funeral knell — The dove in the...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight raool, When the sexton cheerily rings for noon, When the clock strikes clear at morning light. When... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1848 - 504 pages
...fear I feel — He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour or funeral knell — The dove in the belfry...midnight moon — When the sexton cheerly rings for noon — 119 When the clock strikes clear at morning light — When the child is waked with " nine at night"... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - Bible - 1859 - 290 pages
...fear I feel — He runs so close to the rapid wheel. Whatever is rung on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour or funeral knell — The dove in the belfry...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moonWhen the sexton cheerly rings for noon — When the clock strikes clear at morning light — When... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur, Francis Channing Woodworth - Friendship - 1849 - 252 pages
...fear I feel — He runs so close to the rapid wheel. " Whatever is rung on that noisy bell — Chime of the hour or funeral knell — The dove in the belfry...it well. When the tongue swings out to the midnight moonWhen the sexton cheerily rings for noon — WREATHS OF FRIENDSHIP. When the clock strikes clear... | |
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