... matted debris of the old year's decay, bore my spirit upon it, nearer to the largess of Heaven. I love to trace the break of spring step by step : I love even those long rain-storms, that sap the icy fortresses of the lingering winter, — that melt... Dream Life: A Fable of the Seasons - Seite 34von Donald Grant Mitchell - 1852 - 286 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1851 - 396 Seiten
...From c; Dream Life," rece Scribner, New York. Ten tho have already been issued. VOL. IV. - NO. VI. matted debris of the old year's decay, bore my spirit...rainstorms that sap the icy fortresses of the lingering winter; that melt the snows upon the hills; and swell the mountainbrooks ; that make the pools heave... | |
| 1852 - 608 Seiten
...with such inborn sympathy, that it has all the effect of gazing on the landscape with our own eyes. I love to trace the break of Spring, step by step...rain-storms that sap the icy fortresses of the lingering Winter, — that melt the snows upon the hills and swell the mountain brooks ; that make the pools... | |
| Ik Marvel - 1854 - 304 Seiten
...It always seems to me as if an access of life came with the melting of the winter's snows ; and as if every rootlet of grass that lifted its first green...of ice, and hurry down the crashing fragments into th« wastes of ocean I love the gentle thaws that you can trace, day by day, by the stained snow-banks,... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 Seiten
...matted debris8 of t.he old year's decay, bore my spirit upon it, nearer to the largess7 of Heaven. C. I love to trace the break of spring, step by step...rain-storms that sap the icy fortresses of the lingering winter, — that melt the snows upon the hills, and swell the mountain-brooks ; — that make the pools... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1864 - 450 Seiten
...matted debris8 of the old year's decay, bore my spirit upon it, nearer to the largess8 of Heaven. 6. I love to trace the break of spring, step by step:...mountain-brooks;—that make the pools heave up their glassy cSre'ments 8 of ice, and hurry down the crashing fragments into the wastes of ocean. I love the gentle... | |
| Donald Grant Mitchell - 1867 - 290 Seiten
...requiem. It always seems to me as if an access of life came with the melting of the winter's snows, and as if every rootlet of grass, that lifted its first green...rain-storms, that sap the icy fortresses of the lingering winter, — that melt the snows upon the hills, and swell the mountain-brooks, — that make the pools... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 Seiten
...matted debris ' of the old year's decay, bore my spirit upon it nearer to the largess * of Heaven. 6. I love to trace the break of spring, step by step...rain-storms that sap the icy fortresses of the lingering winter, — that melt the snows upon the hills, and swell the mountain brooks, — that make the pools... | |
| 1886 - 528 Seiten
...requiem. It always seems to me as if an access of life came with the melting of the winter's snows, and as if every rootlet of grass, that lifted its first green...step ; I love even those long rain-storms, that sap tho icy fortresses of the lingering winter, — that melt the snows upon the hills, and swell the mountain-brooks,... | |
| Donald Grant Mitchell - 1889 - 302 Seiten
...winter's snows, and as if every rootlet of grass, that lifted its first green blade from the matted dtbris of the old year's decay, bore my spirit upon it, nearer...rain-storms, that sap the icy fortresses of the lingering winter,— that melt the snows upon the hills, and swell the mountainbrooks,— that make the pools... | |
| Donald Grant Mitchell - 1891 - 300 Seiten
...winter's snows, and as if every rootlet of grass, that lifted its first green blade from the matted dlbris of the old year's decay, bore my spirit upon it, nearer...rain-storms, that sap the icy fortresses of the lingering winter, — that melt the snows upon the hills, and swell the mountainbrooks, — that make the pools... | |
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