 Caught'st thou thy carol from Ottawa maid, Where, through the liquid fields of wild-rice plashing, Brushing the ears from off the burdened blade, Her birch canoe o'er some lone lake is flashing! Or did the reeds of some savannah south Detain thee, while...  The Poets of America - Page 255edited by - 1842 - 326 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...burden'd blade, Her birch canoe o'er some lone lake is flashing 1 Or did the reeds of some eavannah South, Detain thee while thy northern flight pursuing, To place those melodies in thy sweet mouth, The spice-fed winds had taught them in their wooing ? Unthrifty prodigal !—is no thought of ill Thy... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...Learn from the tuneful woods rare madrigals, To make our flowering pastures here harmonious? Cauglmt'st thou thy carol from Ottawa maid, Where through the liquid fields of wild rice plashingBrushing the ears from off time burden'd blade, Her birch canoe o'er some lone lake... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1856 - 696 pages
...maid, [ing, Where, through the liquid fields of wild rice plashBrushing the ears from off the burdcn'd blade, Her birch canoe o'er some lone lake is flashing...pursuing, To place those melodies in thy sweet mouth. The spice-fed winds had taught them in their wooing? Unthrifty prodigal !—is no thought of ill Thy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1856 - 678 pages
...plashBraahing the ears from oil' the burden'd blade, Her birch canoe o'er some lone lake is flaslüng? Or did the reeds of some savannah South, Detain thee...pursuing, To place those melodies in thy sweet mouth, The spice-fed winds had taught them in their wooing? Unthrifty prodigal !—is no thought of ill Thy... | |
 | Country life - 1856 - 482 pages
...symphonious, Learn from the tuneful woods rare madrigals, To make our flowering pastures here harmonious ? Caught'st thou thy carol from Ottawa maid, Where through the liquid fields of wild rice plashing— Brushing the ears from off the burden'd blade, Her birch canoe o'er some lone... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - History - 1873 - 268 pages
...symphonious, Learn from the tuneful woods, rare madrigals, To make our flowering pastures here harmonious? Caught'st thou thy carol from Ottawa maid, Where,...pursuing, To place those melodies in thy sweet mouth, The spice-fed winds had taught them in their wooing? Unthrifty prodigal !—is no thought of ill Thy... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - American poetry - 1873 - 288 pages
...the tuneful woods, rare madrigals, To make our flowering pastures here harmonious? Caught'st thoii thy carol from Ottawa maid, Where, through the liquid...pursuing, To place those melodies in thy sweet mouth, The spice-fed winds had taught them in their wooing? Unthrifty prodigal!—is no thought of ill Thy... | |
 | William James Linton - African Americans - 1878 - 472 pages
...maid, Where, through the liquid fields of wild rice plashing, Brushing the ears from off the burden'd blade, Her birch canoe o'er some lone lake is flashing...pursuing, To place those melodies in thy sweet mouth The spice-fed winds had taught them in their wooing ? Unthrifty prodigal! is thought of ill Thy ceaseless... | |
 | William James Linton - African Americans - 1878 - 470 pages
...maid, Where, through the liquid fields of wild rice plashing, Brushing the ears from off the burden'd blade, Her birch canoe o'er some lone lake is flashing?...pursuing, To place those melodies in thy sweet mouth The spice-fed winds had taught them in their wooing? Unthrifty prodigal! is thought of ill Thy ceaseless... | |
 | Sarah Williams - American poetry - 1900 - 406 pages
...symphonious, Learn from the tuneful woods, rare madrigals, To make our flowering pastures here harmonious? Caught'st thou thy carol from Ottawa maid, Where,...pursuing, To place those melodies in thy sweet mouth, The spice-fed winds had taught them in their wooing ? Unthrifty prodigal! is no thought of ill Thy... | |
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