 These are the gardens of the desert, these The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, For which the speech of England has no name — The prairies. I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness.  The United States Democratic Review - Page 1881845Full view - About this book
 | England - 1851 - 786 pages
...And mv heart swells while the dilated tight Takes m the encircling vastuess. Lo ! they stretch III airy undulations far away, As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell, Stood still, with all bis rounded billows fixed, And motiouless for ever. Motiouless ? No! — they an all unchained again.... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if an ocean in its gentlest swell Stood still, with all its rounded billows fixed And motionless for ever. —...with their shadows, and beneath, The surface rolls snd fluctuates to the eye; Dark hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges. Breezes of... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1836 - 288 pages
...for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell, Stood stiD, with all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless for ever. — Motionless ? — No — they... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - Economics - 1837 - 164 pages
...them for the first. And my heart swells. while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if...with all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless forever. — Motionless ? — No— they're all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 292 pages
...for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if...billows fixed, And motionless for ever. — Motionless 1 — No — they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and, beneath,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if...gentlest swell, Stood still, with all his rounded billows fix'd, And motionless for ever. Motionless'! No, they are all unchaiu'd again. The clouds Sweep over... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 pages
...for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastncss. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, ' As if...all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless for ever.—Motionless 1— No—they are all unchained again. The clouds Sweep over with their shadows,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if...gentlest swell, Stood still, with all his rounded billows fix'd, And motionless for ever. Motionless ? No, they are all unchain'd again. The clouds Sweep over... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch In airy undulations, far away, As if...gentlest swell, Stood still, with all his rounded billows fix'd, And motionless forever. — Motionless ? — No — they are all unchain'd again. The clouds... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they streteh In airy undulations, far away, As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell, Stood still, with ajl his rounded billows fix'd, And motionless forever. — Motionless ? — No — they are all unchoin'd... | |
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