 The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder. I sift...  Earth and Sky - Page 94by Jenny H. Stickney Lansing - 1904 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1866 - 180 pages
...the green plains under; And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder. I elft the snow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan aghast; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast. Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 pages
...the green plains under ; And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder. I gift the snow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan "aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast. Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 588 pages
...leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest On their mother's breast,...their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast. Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers,... | |
 | Moxon Edward and co - 200 pages
...whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder. II. I sift the snow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast. Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,... | |
 | Woodland - Animals - 1868 - 186 pages
...I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder. I sift the...their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast. Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,... | |
 | Universalism - 1868 - 1048 pages
...mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.'1 Then it gathers strength and force, " I sift the suow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pllTow'whlte, While I sleep in the arms of the blast. SubHme on the towers of my spicy bowers,... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams ; I bear light shades for the leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams...their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast. Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers,... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...shades for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that wakeii The sweet birds every one, When rocked to rest on...their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast. Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rock'd to rest on their mother's breast,1 As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of...their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast. Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under ; And then again I dissolve in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder. I sift the...their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night, 'tis my pillow white While I sleep in the arms of the blast. Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers... | |
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