 | James Thomson - Gift books - 1861 - 480 pages
...Through the hush'd air the whitening shower descends, At first thin wavering; till at last the flakes 230 Fall broad, and wide, and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. The cherish'd fields Put on their winter robe of purest white. 'Tis brightness all, save where the new... | |
 | Home tutor - 1862 - 532 pages
...the whitening shower descends, At first thin wavering ; till at last the flakes Fall broad and white and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. The...fields Put on their winter robe of purest white." How beautifully the naturalist of Scripture describes it, too : — " As birds flying he scattereth... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...storm, 8NOW. SOLDEEU. Through the hush'd air the whitening shower descends, At first thin wavering ; till at last the flakes Fall broad, and wide, and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. The cherish'd fields Put on their winter robe of purest white ; 'Tia brightness all, save where the new... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 pages
...WEDNESDAY. A SNOW STOEM. Through the hush'd air the whitening shower descends, At first thin wavering ; till at last the flakes Fall broad, and wide, and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. The cherish'd fields Put on their winter robe of purest white. 'Tis brightness all, save where the new... | |
 | Amusements - 1863 - 404 pages
...WSMti Sprts an& $asta. " Throwgh the hush'd air the whitening shower descends, At first thin, wavering, till at last the flaKes Fall broad, and wide, and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. The cherish'd fields Pnt on their winter robe of pnrest white : 'Ti s brightness all ; save where the new... | |
 | John Dennis - Pastoral poetry, English - 1865 - 340 pages
...you. It is a truthful picture of a snow scene : — " Through the hush'd air the whitening show er descends, At first thin-wavering ; till at last the...and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. The cherish'd fields Put on their winter robe of purest white. 'Tis brightness all ; save where the new... | |
 | James Currie (A.M.) - 1866 - 204 pages
...CLXXIV. A SNOWSTOBM. Through the hushed air the whitening shower descends, At first thin wav'ring, till at last the flakes Fall broad and wide and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. The cherish'd fields Put on their winter robe of purest white: 'Tis brightness all, save where the new... | |
 | James Thomson - English poetry - 1908 - 550 pages
...snow congealed. Heavy they roll their fleecy world along, And the sky saddens with the gathered storm. Through the hushed air the whitening shower descends, At first thin-wavering ; till at last the flakes 230 Fall broad and wide and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. The cherished fields Put on... | |
 | James Thomson - English poetry - 1908 - 554 pages
...roll their fleecy World along ; 220 And the Sky saddens with th' impending Storm. Thro' the hush'd Air, the whitening Shower descends, At first, thin-wavering ; till, at last, the Flakes Fall broad, arid wide, and fast, dimming the Day, With a continual Flow. See ! sudden, hoar'd, The Woods beneath... | |
 | George Campbell Macaulay - Poets, Scottish - 1908 - 280 pages
...is the character of Thomson's best work in description. Let us take for example the snow-storm : — Fall broad and wide and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. The cherish'd fields Put on their winter robe of purest white. 'Tis brightness all ; save where the new... | |
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Tis brightness all, save where the new snow melts Along the mazy current. Low the woods Bow their hoar head... 
