 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 pagine
...dear native bowers, And pleasures that waited on life's merry morn ; While memory each scene gaily covered with flowers, And restored every rose, but...pinions spread wide, And bade the young dreamer in ecstasy rise ; — Now far, far behind him the green waters glide, And the cot of his forefathers blesses... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - 1863 - 366 pagine
...on life's merry morn — While Mem'ry stood sideways, half cover'd with flowers, And restored each rose, but secreted its thorn. Then Fancy her magical...pinions spread wide, And bade the young dreamer in ecstasy rise — Now, far, far behind him the green waters glide, And the cot of his forefathers blesses... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pagine
...arc bursting fresh from their sparry eaves ; And the earth resounds with the joy of waves ! " 2. " Then fancy || her magical | pinions | spread wide, || And bade the young dreamer | in ecstasy || rise; || Now, far, | far behind him | | the green waters | | glide, | And the cot | of his... | |
 | Benjamin W. Atwell - 1867 - 106 pagine
...He dreamed of his home, of his dear native bowers, And pleasures that waited on life's merry morn ; Then Fancy, her magical pinions spread wide, And bade the young dreamer in ecstasy rise : Now far, far behind him the green waters glide, And the cot of his forefathers blesses... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pagine
...dreamed of his home, of his dear native bowers, And pleasures that waited on life's merry morn, — While Memory stood sideways, half covered with flowers,...pinions spread wide, And bade the young dreamer in ecstasy rise ; — Now far, far behind him, the green waters glide, And the cot of his forefathers... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pagine
...dreamed of hia home, of his dear native bowers, And pleasures that waited on life's merry morn, — While Memory stood sideways, half covered with flowers, And restored every rose but secreted ita thorn. Then Fancy her magical pinions spread wide, And bade the young dreamer in ecstasy rise ;... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pagine
...He dreamt of his home, of his dear native bowers, And pleasures that waited on life's merry morn ; Then fancy her magical pinions spread wide, And bade the young dreamer in ecstasy rise — Now, far, far behind him the green waters glide, And the cot of his forefathers blesses... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - 1869 - 456 pagine
...visions of happiness danced o'er his mind. 2. He dreamed of his home, of his dear native bowers, 3. Then fancy her magical pinions spread wide, And bade the young dreamer in ecstasy riseNow far, far behind him the green waters glide, And the cot of his forefathers blesses... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1870 - 636 pagine
...He dreamt of his home, of his dear native bowers, And pleasures that waited on life's merry morn ; While memory stood sideways, half covered with flowers,...pinions spread wide, And bade the young dreamer in ecstasy rise — Now, far, far behind him the green waters glide, And the cot of his forefathers blesses... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - 1870 - 204 pagine
...clear native howers, And pleasures that wailed on life's merry morn ; While Memory stood sidewise, half covered with flowers, And restored every rose,...thorn. Then Fancy, her magical pinions spread wide, And hade the young dreamer in cctasy rise : Now far, far behind him the green waters glide, And the cot... | |
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... MARINER'S DREAM IN slumbers of midnight the sailor-boy lay; His hammock swung loose at the sport of the wind; But watch-worn and weary, his cares flew away, And visions of happiness danced o'er his mind. 
