 | John William Carleton - 1840 - 548 psl.
...fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight, to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where tiie rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side? There is a Power, whose care Teaches thy... | |
 | 1841 - 376 psl.
...fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink...pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, — All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1842 - 216 psl.
...distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seck'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river...the rocking billows rise and sink . > On the chafed ocean-side ? 'the bere is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1842 - 214 psl.
...flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Soek'st Ihou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river...where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and... | |
 | 1842 - 294 psl.
...fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight, to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or maze of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean-tide ? There is... | |
 | 1843 - 184 psl.
...fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink...lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking hillows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a Power, whose care Teaches thy way along... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 psl.
...fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink...rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side 1 There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable... | |
 | George Willson - 1844 - 300 psl.
...distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. 3 Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge...river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink 4 There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 psl.
...fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink...Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chaf d ocean side ? There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 psl.
...falling dew." As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy1 brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where...rise and sink On the chafed ocean side ? There is a power2 whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast3 — The desert and illimitable air —... | |
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midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way... 
