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" I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's... "
Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose - Page 478
1910
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The Poetical Melange

English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...cav« or hill, We know, thou bird ! that their land is bright, But say, do they love there still ? THE CLOUD. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting...my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast; As she dances about the sun. I wield...
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Principles of elocution

William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...hearken to the thoughts thy waters teach— " Eternity, Eternity, and Power." THE CLOUD.— Sheltey. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From...my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield...
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The Moral and Intellectual School Book: Containing Instructions for Reading ...

William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...an abstract point Converging, thou didst give it name, and form, Intelligence, and unity, and power. THE CLOUD. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting...my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When rock'd to rest, on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield...
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Gems of the Modern Poets: With Biographical Notices

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...sleep Bursting o'er the starlit deep, Lead a rapid masque of death O'er the waters of his path. ***** THE CLOUD. I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting...my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When rock'd to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...leaning graceful from the ethereal car, Long did she gaze, and silently, Upon the slumbering maid. loodier yet the torrent aweet birds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...graceful from the ethereal car, Long did she gaze, and silently, Upon the slumbering maid. Thedmud." rge of day. The shifting clouds Assembled gay, a richly...setting throne. Air, earth, and ocean smile immense. birds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield...
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Subjects and selections for Latin and Greek composition, by W. Dobson

William Dobson - 1845 - 204 pages
...Doria's fleet lay. — Robertsons Hist., Charles F., Vol. III. FRIDAY, November 28. Into Latin Elegiacs. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From...noon-day dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that awaken The sweet birds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about...
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The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayley

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1846 - 332 pages
...Bursting o'er the starlit deep, Lead a rapid masque of death O'er the waters of his path. THE CLOUD. 1 BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers From...my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When rock'd to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 4

Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...my dear friend, come to me," cried Marat, and expired under the blow. 301.— THE CLOUDS. SHELLED. I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From...sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the...
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Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic, Volume 1

Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...though they are in truth nonsense, will delight those of our readers who have any taste for poetry. I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From...my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet birds every one, When rock'd to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield...
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