 | 1879 - 1042 pages
...piece we give for the purpose of showing one of the peculiarities of his poems, written in boyhood : ' I would that thus, when I shall see The hour of death...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I deport.' Bryant was a man of wealth and position ; but he did not live for the gratification of self.... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 228 pages
...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower frpm its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. In Dr. Bigelow's Plants of Boston and its vicinity, three sorts or species of Gentian are described;... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1832 - 244 pages
...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. Bryant. WITH WILD FLOWERS TO A SICK FRIEND. Rise from the dells where ye first were born, From the... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as 1 depait. THE CROWDED STREET. LET me move slowly through the street, Filled with an ever-shifting train,... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pages
...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart." The poem "To a Cloud" is full of rich and delicate description, indeed it is one of the most delightful... | |
 | 1834 - 402 pages
...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue— as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. FATHERS. IT is the spot I came to seek, — My fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1835 - 248 pages
...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. THE MERMAID'S SONG. COME, mariner, down in the deep with me, And hide thee under the wave ; For I have... | |
 | 1835 - 572 pages
...A flower from its cerulean wall. ' I would that thus, when I shall see The hours of death draw nigh to me, Hope, blossoming within my heart, May look to Heaven as I depart.' We miss among the selections from Bryant an old favourite of ours, ' The New Moon.' Surely the grave... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 1138 pages
...A flower from its cerulean wall. " I would that thus, when I shall see The hours of death draw nigh to me, Hope, blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart." We miss among the selections from Bryant an old favourite of ours, " The New Moon." Surely the grave... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1836 - 434 pages
...through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour...blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. BRYANT. TO THE TRAILING ARBUTUS.* Thou comest when Spring her coronal weaves, And thou hidest thyself... | |
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I would that thus, when I shall see The hour of death draw near to me, Hope, blossoming within my heart, May look to heaven as I depart. 
