| 1838 - 348 páginas
...yet, fair how, no fahling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy rohe of heams Was woven in the sky. When o'er the green, undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant them didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To wateh thy saered sign ! And when its yellow... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 páginas
...visions yield their place To cold material laws ! And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was...Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 páginas
...visions yield their place To cold material laws ! And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was...Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 páginas
...yield their place To cold, material laws ! 5. And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. 6. When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray... | |
| Henry Duncan - 1839 - 422 páginas
...celebrated poet alluded to this sublime and paternal declaration, in his address to the Rainbow : — " When, o'er the green undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! " And, while its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains... | |
| Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 páginas
...visions yield their place To cold material laws ! And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. 36 TO THE RAINBOW. When o'er the great undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1840 - 376 páginas
...visions yield their place To cold material laws ! And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was...its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the... | |
| 1840 - 378 páginas
...visions yield their place To cold, material laws ! And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was...Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ? And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet... | |
| Henry Fitz - 1840 - 512 páginas
...fill'st the sky, When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy 90 THE FIAT OF OMNIPOTENCE. "When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's Covenant thou didst shine, How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! " And faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds... | |
| 1840 - 504 páginas
...from the sixth of the above lines, a striking [coincidence at least may be observed between them :— When o'er the green undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine; How came tlic tcorlife дгсц fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign. — CAMPBELL. Those who have explored... | |
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