 | William James Linton - 1878 - 466 sidor
...upward wings could I but fly, I'd bathe in yon bright cloud, And seek the stars that gem the sky. 'Twere heaven indeed, Through fields of trackless light to...charms to feed, And nature's own great God adore. NATHANIEL LANGDON FEOTHINGHAM. Born at Boston, Mass : 1793 — died 1870. THE CROSSED SWORDS* SWORDS... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1878 - 364 sidor
...address to two Swallows which flew into a church while service was being performed. With them ' 'Twere heaven indeed. Through fields of trackless light to...charms to feed, And nature's own great God adore.' And well were it for us if we could place the same implicit faith and confidence in the Almighty power,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 362 sidor
...if ye stay To note the consecrated hour, Teach me the airy way, And let me try your envied power. 7. Above the crowd, On upward wings could I but fly,...bright cloud, And seek the stars that gem the sky. 8. 'T were Heaven indeed, Through fields of trackless light to soar, On Nature's charms to feed, And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 sidor
...if ye stay, To note the consecrated hour, Teach me the airy way, And let me try your envied power. ears, In its graces and aira, All -bright ¡is an...dazzle my eyes ! " But when without art Your kind CHARLES SPRAGUE. THE SWALLOW. THE gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowers are... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1880 - 1108 sidor
...if ye stay, To note the consecrated hour, Teach me the airy way, And let me try your envied power. r all victorious, Come, and reign over us, Ancient...our Lord, arise ; Scatter our enemies, And make t 'Twere heaven indeed Through fields of trackless light to soar, On Nature's charms to feed, And Nature's... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 sidor
...npward wings could I bnt fly, I'd bathe in you bright cloml, And seek the stars that gem the sky. 'Twcro d is to me, For I was born on the open sea! The waves...and red the morn, In. the noisy hour when I was born THE FOURTH OF JULY. To the sages who spoke, to the heroes who bled, To the day and the deed, strike... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 sidor
...upward wings could I but fly, I'd bathe in yon bright cloud, And seek the stare that gem the sky. 'Twere Heaven indeed Through fields of trackless light to...charms to feed, And Nature's own great God adore. THE FAMILY MEET IXC. WE are all here! Father, mother, Sister, brother, All who hold each other dear.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 sidor
...the airy way, And let mo try your envied power. Above the crowd, On upward wings could I but fly, I'd n Twere heaven indeed Through fields of trackless light to soar, On nature's charms to feed, And nature's... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1885 - 1148 sidor
...the airy way, And let me try your envied power. Above the crowd On upward wings could I but fly, 1 'd bathe in yon bright cloud, And seek the stars that gem the sky. 'Twere heaven indeed Through fields of trackless light to soar, On Nature's charms to feed, And Nature's... | |
 | Richard S. Rhodes - 1885 - 444 sidor
...the airy way, And let me try your envied power. Above the crowd, On upward wings could I but fly, I'd bathe in yon bright cloud, And seek the stars that gem the sky. 'Twere heaven indeed, Through fields of trackless light to soar, On nature's charms to feed, And nature's... | |
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To chirp away a life of praise. Then spread each wing, Far, far above, o'er lakes and lands, And join the choirs that sing In yon blue dome not reared with hands. Or, if ye stay, To note the consecrated hour, Teach me the airy way, And let me try your... 
