 | Benjamin Maund - 1824 - 846 pages
...mountain and powdered its crest ; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he drest In diamond beads ; and over the breast Of the quivering lake he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin far and near, Wherca... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - American literature - 1831 - 570 pages
...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 lake, he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of manv a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - American poetry - 1832 - 198 pages
...Then he flew to the mountain, and powdered its crest; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he drest In diamond beads—and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...powdered its crest; He climbed up the trees, and their boughs he dressed With diamonds and pearls; and over the breast Of the quivering lake he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point «f many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1833 - 150 pages
...mountain, and powdered its crest; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he drest In diamond beads — and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread / A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1833 - 402 pages
...powdered its crest, He climbed up the trees, and their boughs he dressed With diamonds and pearls, and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where... | |
 | Jacob Abbott, Old Harlo - Children - 1835 - 262 pages
...the hail and the rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain, But I'll be as busy as they." 2. Then he flew to the mountain, and powdered its crest;...margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear its head. 3. He went to the window of those who slept, And over each pane, like a fairy crept; Wherever he breathed,... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1835 - 328 pages
...diamonds and pearls ; and over the breast * Of the quivering lake he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear,...near, Where a rock could rear its head. He went to the windows of those who slept, And over each pane like a fairy crept. Wherever he breathed, wherever he... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1835 - 264 pages
...mountain, and powdered its crest ; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he drest In diamond beads — and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...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...a spear That he hung on its margin, far and near, 3. He went to the window of those who slept, And over each pane, like a fairy crept ; Wherever he breathed,... | |
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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 rock could rear its head. He went to the windows of those who slept, And over each pane like a fairy crept. Wherever he breathed, wherever... 
