 | Dauntless - 1858 - 286 pages
...to her like Medusa's head. So they went to bed, all rather sobered down and tranquil. CHAPTER II. It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time...the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity. WOBDSWOBTH. TT was scarcely to be expected that the lustre '*- of that evening should continue to shine... | |
 | English poetry - 1859 - 128 pages
...\Ve frolic while 'tis Mav. GRAY, -'I- I ii * 1 '»",' . '« •- v* -* +' '+ +- ' '» »' SONNET. IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time...child ! dear girl ! that walkest with me here, If thou appear' st untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine : Thou liest " in Abraham's... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...which 13 displayed bis graceful, meditative, and sympathetic mind. A SWEET SONNET. " It is a be:uitfOU3 evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as...with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility ; Tlie gentleness of heavou is on the sea ; Listen! the mighty being is awake, And doth... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 312 pages
...would pass unheeded. The following may be taken after little more than a moment's selection : — " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free : The holy time...child ! dear girl! that walkest with me here, If thou appearest untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine: Thou liest in Abraham's... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 322 pages
...would pass unheeded. The following may be taken after little more than a moment's selection : — " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free : The holy time...the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity j The gentleness of heaven is on the sea. Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth, with his eternal... | |
 | Emily Jolly - 1860 - 316 pages
...promise had been sent to his soul — a gentle awe, a tender and religious hopefulness, stole over him. " The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration." " The coy moon, in the soft wavyness Of whitest clouds, doth now her beauty dress ; And staidly paces, higher... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...green, Less oft is peace in Shelley's mind Than calm in waters seen! PB Shelley CCLXI BY THE SEA It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time...And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder—everlastingly. Dear child ! dear girl ! that walkest with me here, If thou appear untouch'd... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...contend, — There lies the happiest land !" (From the German.) LONGFELLOW. 76. THE CALM OF EVENING. IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time...down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea : Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound... | |
 | Edward Bradley - 1861 - 444 pages
...there scarped with rock. Over the waves on our right, are Islay and Jura, with their satellites. " The gentleness of heaven is on the sea. Listen ! the...eternal motion make A sound like thunder everlastingly." The beach is rough with rocks of varied form and size, between whose fragments " the cruel, crawling... | |
 | Popular poetry - English poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...thirst ; He will find this little river Eunning still, as bright as ever. Barry Cornwall. THE SEA. IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free; The holy time is quiet as a nun, Breathless with admiration : the broad sun Is sinking down in his tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven is on the... | |
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IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration... 
