 | 1861 - 578 pages
...of this subject by a few extracts from it to justify the opinion we have expressed. " I bring frcsh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shades for the leaves, when laid In their noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...hill, We know, thou bird ! that their land is bright, But say, do they love there still ? THE CLOUD. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From...streams ; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...hearken to the thoughts thy waters ir;u-h_ " Eternity, Eternity, and Power." THE CLOUD.—Shelley. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From...streams ; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...Bursting o'er the starlit deep, Lead a rapid masque of death O'er the waters of his path. THE CLOUD. I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers From...streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...form, Intelligence, and unity, and power. THE CLOUD. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flower*, From the seas and the streams: I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 348 pages
...Bursting o'er the starlit deep, Lead a rapid masque of death O'er the waters of his path. THE CLOUD. 1 BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers From the seas and the streams; I hear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1849 - 450 pages
...swaying free. And the arm of the elfin mariner Is folded wearily! THE CLOUD. 1>Y PERCY ItVS-.ll! SHELLEY. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams ; I bear light shades for the leaves, when laid In their noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 440 pages
...Bursting o'er the starlit deep, Lead a rapid masque of death O'er the waters of his path. THE CLOUD. I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers From...streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When... | |
 | Poetry, J. D. - 1842 - 410 pages
...hurtling Clouds! Till the last gathering day, Ye pass like life's dim dreams away. 133 THE CLOUD. 1 I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams ; 1 bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...the queen of spells drew in ; Long did she gaze, and silently, Upon the slumbering maid. The Cloud.* I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From...streams ; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When... | |
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3. Personification. Personification is a figure by which inanimate things are represented as actually living. The following example from Shelley's ' Cloud' will illustrate:— " I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams;... 
