| Jessie Belle Rittenhouse - American poetry - 1915 - 344 pages
...leaves, as if the Year stood there Firing the floor with his inverted torch; Amid all this, the center of the scene, The white-haired matron, with monotonous...wheel, and with her joyless mien, Sat, like a Fate, and watched the flying thread. She had known Sorrow, — he had walked with her, Oft supped, and broke... | |
| 1919 - 966 pages
...flowers, Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, 45 : ' Sail on I sail on ! and on ! ' Then pale and...that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck center of the scene, The white-haired matron, with monotonous tread, so Plied her swift wheel, and... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...night, The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, — passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this — in this most cheerless air, And...wheel, and with her joyless mien Sat, like a fate, and watched the Hying thr.-ud. She had known Sorrow, — he had walked wit!i her, Oft supped, and broke... | |
| American periodicals - 1854 - 694 pages
...night; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by — passed noiseless out of sight Amid all this — in this most cheerless air, , And where the woodbine sheds upon the porcl Its crimson leaves, as if the year stood there, Firing the floor with his inverted... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1106 pages
...by night, The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, — passed noiseless out of grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril...rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, watched the flying thread. She had known Sorrow, — he had walked with her, Oft supped, and broke... | |
| 1853 - 792 pages
...night; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by — passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this — in this most cheerless air, And...wheel, and with her joyless mien. Sat like a Fate and watched the flying thread. She had known sorrow. He hud walked with her, Oft supped, and broke the... | |
| Emerson Venable - 1909 - 394 pages
...night ; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by, passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where...wheel, and with her joyless mien, Sat, like a Fate, and watched the flying thread. She had known Sorrow, — he had walked with her, Oft supped and broke the... | |
| Floriculture - 1881 - 510 pages
...Closing Scene," where death and winter are compared, and an old matron represents the closing year : 1 Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where...floor with his inverted torch ; Amid all this, the center of the scene. The white-haired matron with monotonous tread, Plied the swift wheel, and with... | |
| American poetry - 1893 - 688 pages
...passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this, in this most cheerless air, And where the woodbine sheds upon the porch Its crimson leaves, as if the year...white-haired matron, with monotonous tread, Plied her swift wheel, and with her joyless mien Sat like a fate, and watched the flying thread. She had... | |
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