 The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea : , For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there.  Arthur's Magazine - Page 247edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
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...caught Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and quick as thought Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled check, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The... | |
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...caught Their mingled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...thousand in the sea ; For every wave with dimpled cheek That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. The... | |
 | Asa Mahan - Psychology - 1845 - 348 pages
...conceptions, the more striking the figure, under such circumstances. I will give one other example : . " The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...Ten thousand in the sea; For every wave with dimpled cheek That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there." Who... | |
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...with a cotemporary that Moore never conceived a more exquisite fancy than the following by " Amelia." The twilight hours like birds flew by As lightly and...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped up in the air, Had caught a star in its... | |
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 | Amelia - Authors, American - 1846 - 218 pages
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 | John Spence (jr.), Young physician - England - 1847 - 184 pages
...wielded by nature, comes rolling up, while her trembling rays flash and sparkle on the waves. And then, " The twilight hours like birds flew by, As lightly...star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." It was early morn, and swelling sails told that the ship sailed on. A light mist floated in the morning... | |
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...waves. And then, " The twilight hours like birds flow by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stare were in the sky, Ten thousand in the sea. For every...star in its embrace, And held it trembling there." It was early morn, and swelling sails told that the ship sailed on. A light mist floated in the morning... | |
 | Amelia - American poetry - 1847 - 274 pages
...caught Their sprinkled drops of dew, They kissed my feet, and, quick as thought, Away the ripples flew. The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly...; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea ; For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace,... | |
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