 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1831 - 570 pages
...to the mountain and powdered its crest, He climlied up the trees, and their boughs he dressed U'ith diamonds and pearls, and over the breast Of the quivering...mail, that it need not fear The downward point of manv a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear ÍU head. He went to... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...overlook the town, General Washington succeeded in compelling the British forces to evacuate Boston. Then he went to the mountain, and powdered its crest;...of mail, that it need not fear The downward point «f many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear its head. He went... | |
 | Jacob Abbott, Old Harlo - 1835 - 262 pages
...mountain, and powdered its crest; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dress'd In diamond beads—and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that need not fear The downward point of many a spear That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin far and near, Then he went to the mountain, and powdered its crest,...dressed With diamonds and pearls, and over the breast Where a rock could rear its head. By the light of the morn, were seen Most beautiful things. There... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 pages
...mountain, and powdered its crest ; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dress'd In diamond beads — and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that need not fear The downward point of many a spear That he hung on its margin, far and near, 3. He went... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...snow, the hail and the rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain, But I'll be as busy as they." Then he went to the mountain and powdered its crest, He climbed up the trees, and their boughs he drest With diamonds and pearls, and over the breast Of the quivering lake he spread A coat of mail,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...their boughs he dress'd In diamond beads ; and over the breast Of the quivering lake he spread A roat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, Thit he hung on its margin, far and near, He went to the windows of those who slept, And over each... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...mountain, and powder'd its crest; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dresa'd In diamond beads ; and over the breast Of the quivering lake he spread...not fear The downward point of many a spear, That ho hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear its head. He went to the windows of those... | |
 | Gorham Dummer Abbott - 1848 - 168 pages
...mountain and powdered its crest, He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dress'd In diamond beads—and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1851 - 300 pages
...noise in vain; But I'll be as busy as they!" He flew up, and powdered the mountain's crest ; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dressed With diamonds...over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A bright coat of mail, that it need not fear The glittering point of many a spear, That he hung on its... | |
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I'll take my way. I will not go on like that blustering train, The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain, But I'll be as busy as they... 
