 | Gordon Stables - English fiction - 1886 - 394 pages
...charming country beyond, where : — "Through many a wild and woodland scene, Meandered the streams with waters of green, As if the bright fringe of herbs on the brink Had given their stain to the waters they drink." The tall steeples and innumerable public... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1887 - 232 pages
...them, till the tears shall dim thy sight, But keep that earlier, wilder image bright. , GREEN RIVEE. breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal an hour...stream with waters of green; As if the bright fringe of herds on its brink, Had given their stain to the wave they drink; And they, whose meadows it murmurs... | |
 | Edward Conant - English language - 1887 - 164 pages
...skies, To him are opening Paradise. GKEEN RIVER. (1) When breezes are soft and^skies are fair, .J^'I steal an hour from study and care, And hie me away...woodland scene, Where wanders the stream with waters of greeo ; As-if the bright fringe of herbs on,its, brink Had given their stain to the wavejlhey'drink... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - English language - 1889 - 432 pages
...lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I can not drift Beyond his love and care.— Whittier. 3. When breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal...through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue.— WCBryant. 4. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - American literature - 1889 - 702 pages
...thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright. GREEN RIVER. WHEN breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal...through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue. The swifter current that mines its root, Through whose shifting leaves, as you walk the hill, The quivering... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - English language - 1889 - 432 pages
...Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I can not drift Beyond his love and care. — Whittier. 3. When breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal...through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue. — WC Bryant. 4. I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough ; I... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - English language - 1889 - 382 pages
...that niches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. 6. And they, whose meadows it murmurs through, Have named the stream from its own fair hue. 7. The general, who was on horseback, ordered the troops to halt. 8. They have taken forts that military... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - Readers - 1890 - 380 pages
...o'er, And darkly flows my wave ; I hear the ocean's roar, And there must be my grave." GEEEN EIVEE. When breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal...of herbs on its brink Had given their stain to the waves they drink ; And they whose meadows it murmurs through Have named the stream from its own fair... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - Nature - 1893 - 156 pages
...certain flight. In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright. JH I Green River. WHEN breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal...of herbs on its brink Had given their stain to the waves they drink; And they, whose meadows it murmurs through. Have named the stream from its own fair... | |
 | John Roy Musick - Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) - 1893 - 414 pages
...the Pilgrims who had gone before him. CHAPTER II. MATHEW AND HANS. When the breezes are soft and the skies are fair, I steal an hour from study and care,...the woodland scene, Where wanders the stream with its waters of green ; As if the bright fringe of the herbs on its brink, Had given their stain to the... | |
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WHEN breezes are soft and skies are fair, I steal an hour from study and care, And hie me away to the woodland scene, Where wanders the stream with waters of green, As if the bright fringe of herbs on its brink Had given their stain to the wave they drink;... 
