 | 1841 - 908 Seiten
...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled check, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The young moon, too, wilh upturned sides, Her mirror'd beauty gave ; Acd as a bark at anchor rides, She... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - 1842 - 418 Seiten
...caught Their mingled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The young moon too, with upturned sides, Her mirrored beauty gave ; And as a bark at anchor rides, She... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...of those conceptions, the more striking the figure, under such circumstances. I will give one other example : . " The twilight hours like birds flew by,...star in its embrace And held it trembling there." Who is insensible to the exquisite beauty of the thought here ? Yet the wave of the sea or lake, reflecting... | |
 | Amelia - 1845 - 274 Seiten
...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea : , For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. The young moon too with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor rides, She rode... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 Seiten
...free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. Our limits will not allow us to insprt more of this poem, which we consider one of the most chaste... | |
 | 1845 - 792 Seiten
...stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped up in the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. Too much gravity argues a shallow mind. Happy is the man who has not the tooth-ache, — who shaketh... | |
 | John Spence (jr.), Young physician - 1847 - 184 Seiten
...free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea. For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." It was early morn, and swelling sails told that the ship sailed on. A light mist floated in the morning... | |
 | 1847 - 1230 Seiten
...: Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea : For every wave with dimpled face , That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there. We quote in conclusion a single stanza from the address to " Time." We think it will compare in stately... | |
 | Amelia - 1847 - 274 Seiten
...free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. 30 MUSINGS. The young moon too with upturned sides Her mirrored beauty gave, And, as a bark at anchor... | |
 | 1847 - 540 Seiten
...heaven was arch'd and glass'd below. JG PERCIVAL. 12. For every wave, with dimpled face, That leap'd upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there! MRS. AMELIA B. WELBY. OFFENCE. 1. In such a time as this, it is not meet That every nice oflence should... | |
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The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. 
