 twere mark'd in written page, Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, •";?• That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wide wilderness You came across the sea.  The Universal magazine - Pagina 2281807Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pagina’s
...tell, an Indian sage, The Hindustani woods among, Could in his desert hermitage, As if 'twere marked in written page, Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee. What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wild wilderness... | |
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 pagina’s
...underneath the thatch, At the gray dawn of day. As fables tell, an Indian sage, As if 'twere marked in written page, Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, That I might learn, fleet bird, from thee. What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wild wilderness... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 pagina’s
...tell, an Indian sage, The Hindustani woods among, Could in his desert hermitage, As if 't were marked ge thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep. If a star were confined I might learn, fleet bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wild wilderness... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrup - 1888 - 790 pagina’s
...tell, an Indian sage, The Hindustani woods among, Could in his desert hermitage, As if Ч were marked in written page. Translate the wild bird's song. I wish I did his power possess, That I might learn, flett bird, from thee, What our vain systems only guess, And know from what wild wilderness... | |
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