 And leave thee wild and sad 7 -:Ah ! 'twere a lot too blest For ever in thy colored shades to stray ; Amid the kisses of the soft south-west To rove and dream for aye ; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad — the tug for wealth and power,...  The Victorian Monthly Magazine - Page 2101859Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 612 pages
...to stray; Amidst the kisses of the soft south-west To rove and dream for aye; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad — the tug for wealth and...and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. Bryant. NIAGARA. "Deep calleth unto deep." And what are we, That hear the question of that voice... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...southwest To rove and dream for aye ; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad — the lug for wealth and power, The passions and the cares that wither life, And waste iu little hour. I). ' •ABUT. Nahant, majestic Queen of promontories; Who ridest in the raging of... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 412 pages
...rove and dream for aye ; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad — the tug for wealth ami power, The passions and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. B. HAHAKT. Nahant, majestic Queen of promontories ; Who ridest in the raging of the deep Lake... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...stray ; Amidst the kisses of the soft southwest To rove and dream for aye ; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad — the tug for wealth and...and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. AUTUMNAL HYMN OF THE HUSBANDMAN. Now we rest from our toils, Lord, our labours are done, Our... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...and dream for aye ; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad—the tug for wealth and.power, The passions and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. AUTUMNAL HYMN OF THE HUSBANDMAN. Now we rest from our toils, Lord, our labours are done, Our... | |
 | 1829 - 436 pages
...to stray Amidst the kisses of the soft southwest To rove and dream for aye ; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad — the tug for wealth and...and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. THE CLOSE OF AUTUMN. THE melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...stray Amidst the kisses of the soft southwest To rove and dream for aye ; , And leave the vain low strife, That makes men mad — the tug for wealth...and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. AN INDIAN STORY. I KNOW where the timid fawn abides In the depths of the shaded dell, Where the... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1833 - 892 pages
...stray ; Amidst the kisses of the soft southwest : To rove and dream for aye ; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad — the tug for wealth and...and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour." A " Winter Piece " is a splendid poem. The poet has concentrated in four or five pages, a crowd... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...the soil southwest To rove and dream for aye; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad—the tug for wealth and power, The passions and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. LESSON LXXXIII. Early Recollections.—NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. IT is delightful to fling a glance... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...the kisses of the soft southwest To rove and dream for aye ; AUTUMN WOODS. 166 And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad — the tug for wealth and...and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. A WINTER PIECE. THE time has been that these wild solitudes, Yet beautiful as wild — were trod... | |
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