 | 1837 - 490 pages
...each blooming and each blessed thing Hope ever drcarn'd, or rapture knew, before. A bird of heauty sings among the trees, A silver strain, inviting, ever sweet— The waters ripple in thelnurmuring breeze, That, to the minstrel, is an echo meet. Their ditty is a soothing to the ear,... | |
 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...store, Crown with each blooming and each blessed thing, Hope ever dream'd, or rapture knew, before. A bird of beauty sings among the trees, A silver strain,...an echo meet. Their ditty is a soothing to the ear, 4 The tale they murmur hath a power to calm The chiding pulse of love, the heart of fear — And those... | |
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A bird of beauty sings among the trees, A silver strain, inviting, ever sweet, — The waters ripple in the murmuring breeze, That, to the minstrel, is an echo meet. Their ditty is a soothing to the ear — The tale they murmur hath a power to calm The... 