 I'll be as busy as they.' Then he flew to the mountain, and powdered its crest ; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dressed In diamond beads ; and over the breast Of the quivering lake he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward...  The Posy Ring: A Book of Verse for Children - Page 48by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - 1903 - 283 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Maund - 1824 - 846 pages
...mountain and powdered its crest ; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he drest In diamond beads ; and over the breast Of the quivering lake he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin far and near, Wherca rock could rear its... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - American literature - 1831 - 570 pages
...to the mountain and powdered its crest, He climlied up the trees, and their boughs he dressed U'ith diamonds and pearls, and over the breast Of the quivering...he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of manv a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear ÍU... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...went to the mountain, and powdered its crest; He climbed up the trees, and their boughs he dressed With diamonds and pearls; and over the breast Of the...he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point «f many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - American poetry - 1832 - 198 pages
...mountain, and powdered its crest; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he drest In diamond beads—and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear its... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1833 - 402 pages
...went to the mountain, and powdered its crest, He climbed up the trees, and their boughs he dressed With diamonds and pearls, and over the breast Of the...he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear its... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1833 - 150 pages
...mountain, and powdered its crest; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he drest In diamond beads — and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread / A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rsar its... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1835 - 264 pages
...mountain, and powdered its crest ; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he drest In diamond beads — and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear its... | |
 | Jacob Abbott, Old Harlo - Children - 1835 - 262 pages
...mountain, and powdered its crest; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dress'd In diamond beads—and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that need not fear The downward point of many a spear That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...snow—the hail and the rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain, But I'll be as busy as they !" Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin far and near, Then he went to the mountain,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...mountain, and powdered its crest ; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dress'd In diamond beads — and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that need not fear The downward point of many a spear That he hung on its margin, far and near, 3. He went... | |
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