...drest, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. ' Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. ' Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue— blue— as...

...dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest ; Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days...that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall.' These lines evince clearly enough that Bryant had a special gift for natural description. The last...

...woods are bare and birds are flown, And frost and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye, Look through...Blue — blue — as if that sky let fall A flower frpm its cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall see The hour of death draw near to me, Hope...

...drest, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as...

...drest, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as...

...Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden ne<(. f Thou waitest late, and eom'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy nreet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue— as...

...drest, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue— as...

...are bare, and birds are flown ; And frosts and shortening days portend Tin • aged year is near its end. Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through...cerulean wall. I would that thus, when I shall sec The hours of death draw nigh to me, Hope, blossoming within my heart, May look to Heav'n as I depart."...

...woods are bare and birds are Sown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. " Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue— blue—as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. " I would that thus, when I shall see...

...drest, Nod o'er the ground bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare, and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end, Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye Look through its fringes to the sky, Blue — blue — as...