| George Campbell Macaulay - 1907 - 278 Seiten
...the character of Thomson's best work in description. Let us take for example the snow-storm : — " Through the hush'd air the whitening shower descends,...At first thin- wavering ; till at last the flakes Fall broad and wide and fast, dimming the' day With a continual flow. The cherish'd fields Put on their... | |
| Donald Grant Mitchell - 1907 - 378 Seiten
...first poem of his which he brought in his satchel, on the boy journey to London: — "Thro' the hushed air the whitening shower descends, At first, thin, wavering, till at last the flakes Fall broad and wide and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. . . . Low, the woods Bow their... | |
| Donald Grant Mitchell - 1907 - 364 Seiten
...first poem of his which he brought in his satchel, on the boy journey to London: — "Thro' the hushed air the whitening shower descends, At first, thin, wavering, till at last the flakes Fall broad and wide and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. . . . Low, the woods Bow their... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 Seiten
...that blows. Without, and rattles on his humble roof. ******* A vapoury deluge lies, to snow congealed. Heavy they roll their fleecy world along; And the sky saddens with the gathered storm. Through the hushed air the whitening shower descends, At first thin-wavering; till... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 Seiten
...that blows. Without, and rattles on his humble roof. ******* A vapoury deluge lies, to snow congealed. Heavy they roll their fleecy world along; And the sky saddens with the gathered storm. Through the hushed air the whitening shower descends, At first thin-wavering; till... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 Seiten
...piercing north, Thick clouds ascend — in whose capacious womb A vapoury deluge lies, to snow congealed. Heavy they roll their fleecy world along; And the sky saddens with the gathered storm. Through the hushed air the whitening shower descends, At first thin wavering; till... | |
| Johnson Briscoe - 1908 - 298 Seiten
...god of success, and hers has been a career in which her best talents have had all possible chance. Through the hush'd air the whitening shower descends, At first thin wavering; till at last the flakes Fall broad and wide and fast, dimming the day With a continual now. The cherished fields Put on their... | |
| James Thomson - 1908 - 408 Seiten
...Lo! from the livid East, or piercing North, B21 9 0205 Thick Clouds ascend, in whose capacious Womb, A vapoury Deluge lies, to Snow congeal'd: Heavy, they roll their fleecy World along; 220 And the Sky saddens with th'impending Storm. Thro' the hush'd Air, the whitening Shower descends,... | |
| 1908 - 718 Seiten
...Lo ! from the livid East, or piercing North, 8*19 CMS Thick Clouds ascend, in whose capacious Womb, A vapoury Deluge lies, to Snow congeal'd: Heavy, they roll their fleecy World along; «o And the Sky saddens with th'impending Storm. Thro' the hush'd Air, the whitening Shower descends,... | |
| John Dennis - 1908 - 288 Seiten
...to be surpassed for truthfulness of description, shall be quoted from Winter : ' Through the hushed air the whitening shower descends, At first thin- wavering ; till at last the flakes Fall broad and wide and fast, dimming the day With a continual flow. The cherished fields Put on their... | |
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