| American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...dews, and silent night ; And steady bliss, and all the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful groves. I heard a stock-dove sing or say His homely tale,...be come at by the breeze : He did not cease ; but coo'd — and coo'd ; And somewhat pensively he woo'd : He sang of love with quiet blending, Slow to... | |
| American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...dews, and silent night ; And steady bliss, and all the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful groves. 1 heard a stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this...be come at by the breeze : He did not cease ; but coo'd — and coo'd ; And somewhat pensively he woo'd : He sang of love with quiet blending, Slow to... | |
| American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...dews, and silent night ; And steady bliss, and all the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful groves. 1 heard a stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day; His voice was huried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze : He did not cease ; but coo'd — and coo'd ;... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...faculty is, as to prove that he himself is possessed of it. He remarks upon the following couplet: " His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze;" " A metaphor expressing the love of seclusion by which this bird (the stock-dove) is marked, and characterizing... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...faculty is, as to prove that he himself is possessed of it. He remarks upon the following couplet : " His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze ;" " A metaphor expressing the love of seclusion by which this bird (the stock-dove) is marked, and... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...dews, and silent night ; And steady bliss, and all the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful groves. I heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale,...day ; His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come-at by the breeze: He did not cease ; but cooed — and cooed ; And somewhat pensively he wooed... | |
| William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...dews, and silent night ; And steady bliss, and all the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful groves. I heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale,...day ; His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come-at by the breeze : He did not cease ; but cooed — and cooed ; And somewhat pensively he wooed... | |
| Mark Merriwell (pseud) - 1848 - 290 pages
...writes : — " I heard a Stock-dove sing or say His lonely tale this very day ; His voice was huried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze ; He...but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed ; And sang of love with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending ; Of serious faith and inward... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...dews, and silent Night! And steady bliss, and nil the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful Groves. tions, as : lie sang of love with quiet blending, Slow to begin, and never ending ; Of serious faith and inward... | |
| Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 138 pages
...dews, and silent Night; And steady bliss, and all the loves Now sleeping in these peaceful Groves. 1 heard a Stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this...to be come at by the breeze: He did not cease; but coo'd—and coo'd; And somewhat pensively he woo'd : He sang of love with quiet blending, Slow to begin,... | |
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