 No, they are all unchained again: The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and, beneath, The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye; Dark hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges.  Selections from the American Poets - Page 202by William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1853 - 516 pages
...rounded billows fixed, And motionless for ever. — Motionless ? — No — they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and,...hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges. Mr. Bryant's residence in Queen's County,* as described by pencillers * His house is at the foot of... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - History - 1853 - 288 pages
...bending of the reedy grass, or the tossing of the golden flowers, or the slow moving clouds, which " Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath The surface...seem to glide along, and chase The sunny ridges—" 1 Yet on the upland prairies this is rarely or never seen. The motion of tall grass would give to these... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - History - 1853 - 284 pages
...bending of the reedy grass, or the tossing of the golden flowers, or the slow moving clouds, which " Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath The surface...: Dark hollows seem to glide along, and chase The suimy ridges — " 1 Yet on the upland prairies this is rarely or never seen. The motion of tall grass... | |
 | Derk Buddingh - American literature - 1853 - 842 pages
...fluetuates to the eye; Dark hollows seem to glide along, and chasc The sunny ridges. Breezes of the Sonth! Who toss the golden and the flame-like flowers, And pass the prairie-hawk, that, poiscd on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not! — ye have played Among the palms of Mexico,... | |
 | Martha McCannon Thomas - Women authors, American - 1854 - 410 pages
...with all its rounded billows fixed, And motionless forever. Motionless ? No ! they are all unchain'd again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and...sunny ridges. Breezes of the South ! Who toss the gold and flame-like flowers, And pass the prairie hawk, that, poised on hign, Flaps his broad wing,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1854 - 608 pages
...for ever. — Motionless ? — * Excursion. VOL. XXXI NO. 1. Book IV. No — they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and...hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges." Mr. Bryant's residence in Queen's county,* as described by pencillers by the wsy, would appear favorable... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1854 - 388 pages
...them. The face of the ground seems to fluctuate and toss like the billows of the sea. Page 218. Tlie prairie-hawk that, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not. I have seen the prairie-ha\vk balancing himself in the air for hours together, apparently over the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1855 - 310 pages
...vastness. Lo ! they stretch And motionless for ever.—Motionless ?— No—they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and,...that, poised on high, Flaps his broad wings, yet moves not—ye have played Among the palms of Mexico and vines Of Texas, and have crisped the limpid brooks... | |
 | 1855 - 1428 pages
...with all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless for ever. Motionless? No, they are nil unchnined again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and,...surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye; Dark hollows seooi to glkle along and chuse The sunny ridges. Breezes of the South! M'bo toss" the golden ajid the... | |
 | Ireland - 1855 - 1416 pages
...with all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless for ever. Motionless? No, they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and, beneath. The surface rolls and fluctuates to tbe eye ; Dark hollows seem to glide along and chaise The sunny ridges. Breezes of the South! Who toss... | |
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