 When the chimes play soft in the Sabbath air. Filling the spirit with tones of prayer, — Whatever tale in the bell is heard, He broods on his folded feet...  Melanie and Other Poems - 160 ページNathaniel Parker Willis 著 - 1835 - 231 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Henry Davenport Northrup - 1888 - 790 ページ
...folded feet unstirred, Or, rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smooth his breast, Then drops again, with filmed eyes, And sleeps as the last vibration dies. Sweet bird II would that I could be Л hermit in the crowd like thee ! With wings to fly to wood and glen, Thy... | |
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...folded feet unstirred, Or rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smooth his breast, Then drops again with filmed eyes, And sleeps as the last vibration dies." — pp. 158 - 160. The conclusion of the poem we do not like. It is prettily expressed, but the sentiment... | |
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...folded feet unstirr'd, Or, rising half in his rounded nest, He takes the time to smooth his breast, Then drops again with filmed eyes, And sleeps as the last vibration dies." The cadence of those last two lines, the drooping fall of the last line especially, atone for all Willis's... | |
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