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" Night on the waves ! — and the moon is on high, Hung like a gem on the brow of the sky ; Treading its depths in the power of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light... "
The Magazine of the beau monde; or, Monthly journal of fashion [afterw.] The ... - Page 22
1838
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...around her throne ; She is a beauty and a queen, — But what of this ? she is alone. Mitt Landau. Night on the waves ! and the moon is on high, Hung...depths, in the power of her might, And turning the elouds, as they pass her, to light. T. К. Heney. There is no grave in all the earth That moonlight...
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Gems of Thought, and Flowers of Fancy

Richard Wright Procter - Poetry - 1855 - 490 pages
...there be hearts that are breaking below ! Night on the waves ! — and the moon is on high. Hung, liko a gem, on the brow of the sky, Treading its depths in tbe power of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light 1 Look to the waters ! —...
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Englische Dichter: Eine Auswahl englischer Dichtungen mit deutscher Uebersetzung

English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...sunshine on high — Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow, Oh, there be hearts that are breaking, below! Night on the waves ! — and the moon is on high,...like a gem, on the brow of the sky ; Treading its dephts in the power of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light; Look to the waters,...
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The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises ...

Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...sunshine on high, — Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow, O, there be hearts that are breaking below ! Night on the waves ! — and the moon is on high,...of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light ! Look to the waters ! — asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island...
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A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...on high — Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow, Oh ! there be hearts that are breaking below ! Night on the waves ! — and the moon is on high,...of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light ! Look to the waters ! — asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...on high — Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow, Oh ! there be hearts that are breaking below ! Night on the waves ! — and the moon is on high,...of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light ! Look to the waters ! — asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island...
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Readings from the best authors, ed. by A.H. Bryce, Issue 10

Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...sunshine on high, Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow, " Oh! there be hearts that are breaking, below!" Treading its depths in the power of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light: Look to the waters! asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island of rest...
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Selections in poetry, Volume 51

Selections - English poetry - 1863 - 192 pages
...on high ,— Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow , O ! there be hearts that are breaking below ? Night on the waves ! and the moon is on high , Hung...of her might , And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light. Look to the waters ! asleep on their breast , Seems-not the ship like an island-of-rest...
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Playtime with the poets: a selection of the best English poetry for the use ...

Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...on high — Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow, Oh ! there be hearts that are breaking below ! Night on the waves ! and the moon is on high, Hung...of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light ! Look to the waters ! — asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island...
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The Poems of Thomas Kibble Hervey

Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1866 - 752 pages
...and wishes wore Pauses to think, amid glitter and glow, O, there be hearts that are breaking, below! Night on the waves! — and the moon is on high, Hung,...of her might, And turning the clouds, as they pass her, to light! Look to the waters ! — asleep on their breast, Seems not the ship like an island of...
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