IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity . The gentleness of heaven is on the sea : Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with His eternal... English Sonnets: A Selection - Seite 102herausgegeben von - 1873 - 238 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Edmund Hamilton Sears - 1853 - 260 Seiten
...schemes and orders of existence, near, but unseen?" — NICHOL. CHAPTER IV. THE PRIMAL INNOCENCE. " Dear child ! dear girl ! that walkest with me here,...by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less il ivi.no : Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year, And worshipp'at at the Temple's inner shrine,... | |
| Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 234 Seiten
...sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea : But list ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal...thunder — everlastingly. Dear Child ! dear Girl, that standest with me here ! If thou appear untouch'd with serious thought, Thy nature is not therefore... | |
| Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 Seiten
...influence, a personification of unending duration, uttering aloud the oracles of primeval truth. " Listen ! the mighty being is awake, And doth with...motion make A sound like thunder, everlastingly." Where are the myriads of men who have trodden its shores, and gone down to it in ships? They are passed... | |
| Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 Seiten
...alone. SAMUEL LONGFELLOW. SONNET. A FAIRER face of evening cannot be : The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking...down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea : But list ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A... | |
| Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 Seiten
...alone. SAMUEL LONGFELLOW. SONNET. A FAIRER face of evening cannot be : The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking...down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea : But list ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A... | |
| John Wright - 1853 - 142 Seiten
...accidentally abounds : " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking...down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea : Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound... | |
| William S. Forrest - 1853 - 498 Seiten
...is thus fitly described by one of the poets. 1 ' It is a beauteous evening, calm and free. * * * * The broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea." The " expansive forehead" of the great source of light and heat, sank quietly... | |
| William S. Forrest - 1853 - 522 Seiten
...scene is thus fitly described by one of the poets. " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free. * » * * The broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea." The " expansive forehead" of the great source of light and heat, sank quietly... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 592 Seiten
...PARKES. AN EVENING BY THE SEA. It is a beauteous evening, calm and free j The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking...girl ! that walkest with me here, If thou appear'st untouch'd by solemn thought, Thy nature ia not, therefore, less divine ; Thou liest in Abraham's bosom... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 Seiten
...BESSIE AN EVENING BY THE SEA. It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking...thunder — everlastingly. Dear child ! dear girl ! thnt walkest with me here, If thou appear'st untouch'd by solemn thought, Thy nature is not, therefore,... | |
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