EVENING comes on : arising from the stream, Homeward the tall flamingo wings his flight; And, where he sails athwart the setting beam, His scarlet plumage glows with deeper light. The watchman, at the wished approach of night, Gladly forsakes the field,... The curse of Kehama - Page 35by Robert Southey - 1812Full view - About this book
| 1811 - 596 pages
...and the most unequivocal proof, of poetical genius. Thus, in, describing the approach of evening, ' arising from the stream, • Homeward the tall flamingo...beam, His scarlet plumage glows with deeper light.' C. v. The pictures of mere Imagination are crowded so closely upon us as to fall on our senses and... | |
| Enos Bronson - 1811 - 456 pages
...29. The evening scene is also very sweetly drawn, and with the same fidelity to eastern costume. " Evening comes on: arising from the stream, Homeward the tall flamingo wings his flight; And where be sails athwart the setting beam, His scarlet plumage glows with deeper light. The watchman, at the... | |
| 1812 - 470 pages
...29. The evening scene is also very sweetly drawn, and with the same fidelity to eastern costume. " Evening comes on: arising from the stream, Homeward the tall flamingo wings bis flight; And where be sails athwart the setting beam, His scarlet plumage glows with deeper light.... | |
| James Jennings (of Huntspill.) - 1828 - 528 pages
...discovered the exquisite relish of this hird's tongue, and a new method of seasoning it ! " Evening came on : arising from the stream Homeward the tall Flamingo wings his flight ; And when he sails athwart the setting beam His scarlet plumage glows with deeper light !" SOUTHEY'S Curse... | |
| James Jennings - 1828 - 526 pages
..." Evening came on : arising from the stream Homeward the tail Flamingo wings his flight ; And when he sails athwart the setting beam His scarlet plumage glows with deeper light !" SOUTH EY'S Curse of Keluana — the Separation. I take the present opportunity of expressing the... | |
| Robert Southey - 1829 - 806 pages
...she said, And took her father's hand, and like a child He followed where she led. V. THE SEPARATION. Evening comes on : arising from the stream, Homeward...scarlet plumage glows with deeper light. The watchman, ia at the wish'd approach of night, Gladly forsakes the field, where he all day, To scare the winged... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 pages
...mirth, Ye weep along the hills — Then how the wakening landscape thrills ! AN EASTERN EVENING. EVENIKG comes on: arising from the stream, Homeward the tall...plumage glows with deeper light. The watchman, at the wished approach of night, Gladly forsakes the field, where he all day, To scare the winged plunderers... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 pages
...Ye weep along the hills — Then how the wakening landscape thrills ! AN EASTERN EVENING. F.VKNINC comes on: arising from the stream, Homeward the tall...plumage glows with deeper light. The watchman, at the wished approach of night, Gladly forsakes the field, where he all day, To scare the winged plunderers... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 pages
...stricken mirth, Ye weep along the hills — Then how the wakening landscape thrills ! AN EASTERN EVENING. EVENING comes on : arising from the stream, Homeward the tall flamingo wings his flight 5 And where he sails athwart the setting beam, His scarlet plumage glows with deeper light. The watchman,... | |
| Juvenal - 1839 - 570 pages
...gazelle.' R. 139. The pheasant, Ifnt фситихк or tif, derived its name from the i'nasis, 13. R. " Evening comes on : arising from the stream, Homeward...wings his flight ; And where he sails athwart the sitting beam, His scarlet plumage glows with deeper light ;" Southey, Kehamah, V. i. l sqq. 140. The... | |
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