Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest... The American Literary Magazine - Page 1501848Full view - About this book
| 1848 - 514 pages
...and the sparks expired in the ashes, Merrily laughed, and said they were nuns going into the chapeL Oft on sledges in winter, as swift as the swoop of...wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Acadians - 1848 - 180 pages
...and the sparks expired in the ashes, Merrily laughed, and said they were nuns going into the chapel. Oft on sledges in winter, as "swift as the swoop of...wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the... | |
| English literature - 1848 - 476 pages
...and the sparks expired in the ashes, Merrily laughed, and said they were nuns going into the chapel. Oft on sledges in winter, as swift as the swoop of...wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; I/ucky was he who found that atone in the... | |
| American periodicals - 1848 - 602 pages
...and the sparks expired in the ashes, Merrily laughed, and said they were nuns going into the chapel. Oft on sledges in winter, as swift as the swoop of...wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to teslore the sight of its fledglings; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 176 pages
...and the sparks expired in the ashes, Merrily laughed, and said they were nuns going into the chapel. Oft on sledges in winter, as swift as the swoop of...meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to... | |
| 1848 - 812 pages
...ashes merrily laughed, and said they were nuns going into the chapel. Oft on sledges in winter, BU swift as the swoop of the eagle, down the hill-side...glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climed to the populous nests on the rafters, seeking with eager eyes that wondrous etooe, which the... | |
| 1848 - 734 pages
...like a fiery snake coiled round in a circle of cinders." " Oft on sledges in winter, as swift as lh». swoop of the eagle, Down the hill-side bounding they glided away o'er the meadows." " Blown by the blast of fate like a dead leaf ever the desert." These have as much naturalness... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849 - 170 pages
...and the sparks expired in the ashes, Merrily laughed, and said they were nuns going into the chapel. Oft on sledges in winter, as swift as the swoop of...in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on tne rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...they watched the laboring bellows, And as its panting ceased, and the sparks expired in the ashes, Oft on sledges in winter, as swift as the swoop of...wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the... | |
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