 Ye gentle birds, that perch aloof, And smooth your pinions on my roof, Preparing for departure hence Ere winter's angry threats commence ; Like you my soul would smooth her plume For longer flights beyond the tomb. " May God, by whom is seen and heard...  The Quarterly review - Pàgina 3101825Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Hayley - 1823 - 762 pàgines
...by himself, on seeing the swallows, in autumn, congregate on his turret, for the purpose of taking their departure. " YE gentle birds, that perch aloof,...for his own, " And guide us to the land unknown." His remains were deposited, on the twenty-first of the same month, in the vault of his friend Mr. Steele... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1825 - 556 pàgines
...Memoirs, saying that, notwithstanding the disproportion of their respective ages, the adventurous conple seemed as happy for a considerable time as any mortals...guide us to the land unknown." — vol. ii. p. 214. In this frame of mind did Hayley calmly and religiously wait for death. Mr. Sargent, the biographer of... | |
 | 1826 - 488 pàgines
...of mortal clay, When thou thyself shall fade away. REV. j. H. POTT. naturalist's For OCTOBER 1826. Ye gentle birds, that perch aloof, And smooth your...May GOD, by whom is seen and heard Departing man and wand'ring bird, In mercy mark us for his own, And guide us to the land unknown ! HAYLEV. AT the beginning... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pàgines
...my soul would smooth her plume, May God, by whom is seen and beard Departing man and wandering hird, In mercy mark us for His own, And guide us to the land unknown. JHT GARDENING. THIS is a delightful month for the garden. There is a great deal to enjoy, as well as... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pàgines
...— the features of one of them being nearly obliterated.— HARPY'S Travels in Mexico. THE SWALLOWS. YE gentle birds, that perch aloof, And smooth your...Like you, my soul would smooth her plume For longer nights beyond the tomb. May God, by whom is seen and heard Departing man and wand'ring bird, In mercy... | |
 | 1833 - 438 pàgines
...reason, — to please God, — He will not be angry with you because you cannot do more.. THE SWALLOWS. Ye gentle birds, that perch aloof, And smooth your...hence, Ere Winter's angry threats commence ; Like you, ray soul would smooth her plume For longer flights beyond the tomb. May God, by whom is seen and heard... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pàgines
...the features of one of them being nearly obliterated. — HARDY'S Travelt in Mexico. THE SWALLOWS. YE gentle birds, that perch aloof, And smooth your pinions on my root Preparing for departure hence, Ere Winter's angry threats commence ; Like you, my soul would smooth... | |
 | 1835 - 218 pàgines
...praise, And when every blessing's flown Love Thee for thyself alone ! Mrs. Barbauld. 134. THE SWALLOWS. Ye gentle birds that perch aloof, And smooth your...May God, by whom is seen and heard Departing man, or wandering bird, In mercy mark me for his own And guide me to the land unknown ! Hayley. 135. A WINTER... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 pàgines
...pretty lines of Mr. Hayley's to learn. I recollect I did. Can you repeat them ? I think I can ; — " Ye gentle birds, that perch aloof, And smooth your...Like you, my soul would smooth her plume, For longer nights beyond the tomb. May God, by whom is seen and heard, Departing man, and wand'ring bird, In mercy... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pàgines
...lines of Hayley, as he saw those same birds gathering upon his roof during his last illness : •' Ye gentle birds, that perch aloof, And smooth your...pinions on my roof, Preparing for departure hence, The winter's angry threats commence ; Like you my soul would smooth her plume For longer flights beyond... | |
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