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" 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... "
The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader - Page 282
by James Stuart Laurie - 1863
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer : And I laugh to sec them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees,...me on high, Are each paved with the moon and these. I bind6 the sun's throne with a burning zone, And the moon's with a girdle of pearl : (1) The, &c.—...
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Select specimens of English poetry

Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...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 peer ! And I laugh to...widen the rent in my wind-built 'tent, Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high, Are each paved with the...
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Englische Dichter: Eine Auswahl englischer Dichtungen mit deutscher Uebersetzung

English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin root', The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laugh to...swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my wind - built tent, Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky fallen through me...
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The modern reader and speaker

David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...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 peer; And I laugh to...whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees, When 1 widen the rent in my wind-built tent, Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...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 peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee, lake a swarm of golden bees, When I widen the rent in my Trind-built tent, Till the calm rivers, lakes,...
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East and West

Daphne Smith Giles - American fiction - 1856 - 264 pages
...May have broken the w-iuf uf my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer ; And I laughed to see them whirl and flee, Like a swarm of golden bees. When I widun the rent in my wind-built tent. Till the cairn rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky...
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Gleanings from the Poets for Home and School

1858 - 460 pages
...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 peer ; And I laugh to...widen the rent in my wind-built tent, Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high, Are each paved with the...
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Select specimens of the English poets, ed. by A. De Vere

Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...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 peer ; And I laugh to...widen the rent in my wind-built tent, Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high, Are each paved with the...
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School-room Poetry

S. R. - 1860 - 306 pages
...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 peer ; And I laugh to see them whirl and flee Like a swarm of golden bjes, When I widen the rent in my wind-built tent, Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips...
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Poetry for school and home, from the best authors, ed. by T. Shorter

Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...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 peer ; And I laugh to...widen the rent in my wind-built tent, Till the calm rivers, lakes, and seas, Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high, Are each paved with the...
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