 Whom mortals call the moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight breezes strewn ; And wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof The stars peep behind her and...  Class-book of English poetry - Page 300by English poetry - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Charles Bilton - 1866
...Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,...widen the rent in my wind-built tent, Till the calm river, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high, Are each paved with the moon... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 546 pages
...Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,...with the moon and these. I bind the sun's throne with the burning zone, And the moon's with a girdle of pearl ; The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel... | |
 | Moxon Edward and co
...Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,...me on high, Are each paved with the moon and these, v. I bind the sun's throne with the burning zone, And the moon's with a girdle of pearl ; The volcanoes... | |
 | Woodland - Animals - 1868 - 132 pages
...eyes, And his burning plumes outspread, Leaps on the back of my sailing rack, When the morning star shines dead. As on the jag of a mountain crag, Which...with the moon and these. I bind the sun's throne with the burning zone-, And the moon's with a girdle of pearl ; The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1868
...hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I langh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-bnilt tent, Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky fallen throngh me on... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 396 pages
...Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,...Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high, Are paved with the moon and these. I bind the sun's throne with a burning zone, And the moon with a girdle... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 798 pages
...only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars j>eep behind her ami peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like...the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the skv fallen through me on high, Are each paved with the moon and these. I bind the sun's throne with... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869
...Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer : And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,...widen the rent in my wind-built tent, Till the calm river, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high, Are each paved with the moon... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 184 pages
...Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee,...golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind-built teut, Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high, Are... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869
...Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her' and peer; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, N When I widen the ront1 in my wind -built tent, Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips... | |
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