 twas like all instruments. Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song That makes the heavens be mute. It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook, In the leafy month of June, That to the...  Rogers to Hemans - Page 344edited by - 1876Full view - About this book
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1870 - 530 pages
...sweet sound, Then darted to the sun ; Slowly the sounds came back again, Now mixed, now one by one. And now 'twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely...month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe : Slowly and smoothly... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 264 pages
...sweet sound, Then darted to the sun ; Slowly the sounds came back again, Now mixed, now one by one. And now 'twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely...month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe : Slowly and smoothly... | |
 | Alexander Ronald Grant - 1870 - 164 pages
...a-dropping from the sky, I heard the skylark sing ; Sometimes all little birds that are — How they seemed to fill the sea and air With their sweet jargoning....till noon, — A noise like of a hidden brook, In the happy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. CONCLUSION. Farewell,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...their sweet jargoiiing ! And now Ч was like all instruments, Now like a lonely Hute ; And now it is au n book. Siugcth a quiet tulle. Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe ; Slowly and... | |
 | Schools - 1877 - 604 pages
...and old age, keeping the mind fresh and green, if anything can do. Take, for instance, verse 84 : — It ceased : yet still the sails made on A pleasant...month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. English Sounds and English Spelling. By FG Fleay, MA London : W. Collins, Sons,... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...that are, — How they seemed to till the sea aud air With their sweet jargoning ! And now. Ч was . Ford and Company Singeth a quiet tune. Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe ; Slowly and smoothly... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
..." And now 'twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute ; And now it is an angel's song, 365 That makes the heavens be mute. ' ' It ceased ; yet...like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, 370 That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. "Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet... | |
 | David Daiches - English literature - 1969 - 356 pages
...other wonders are still in store for the Mariner. The ship moves on, and he hears supernatural music: And now 'twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely...month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. These images of a familiar English nature contrast with the unnatural scene described... | |
 | Eugene O'Neill - Drama - 1988 - 458 pages
...song, That makes the heavens be mute. The music finally seems to proceed from the sails — the wings. It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant...month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. Till noon we quietly sailed on, Yet never a breeze did breathe: Slowly and smoothly... | |
 | Nicholas V. Riasanovsky - History - 1995 - 128 pages
...a-dropping from the sky I heard the sky-lark sing; Sometimes all little birds that are, How they seemed to fill the sea and air With their sweet jargoning!...month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best,... | |
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