There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome... The Gem book of poesie, by the author of 'The ancient poets and poetry of ... - Page 164by Gem book - 1846 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
| Abiel Abbot Livermore - Bible - 1841 - 362 pages
...Jesus, in his address to the Water- fowl: — " There te a Power -whose care Teaches thy way alnng that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. " Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply hath sunk the... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Taylor - Language and languages - 1842 - 214 pages
...to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Soek'st Ihou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide,...Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Taylor - Language and languages - 1842 - 216 pages
...to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seck'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide,...billows rise and sink . > On the chafed ocean-side ? 'the bere is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Scek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide,...where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side? There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and... | |
| Birds - 1842 - 294 pages
...painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or maze of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-tide ? There is a Power, whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and... | |
| Abiel Abbot Livermore - Bible - 1842 - 358 pages
...Jesus, in his address to the Water-fowl : — "There is a Power, whose care Teaches thy way along thai pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. " Thou 'rt gone, the abyis of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet on my heart Deeply hath sunk... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide,...where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast,— The desert and... | |
| Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking hillows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power, whose care Teaches thy way along... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1844 - 136 pages
...to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide,...where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side 1 There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert... | |
| George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. 3 Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink 4 There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable... | |
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