...Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast,-— The desert and illimitable air, — All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height,...and rest, And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou 'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form...

...way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, • . At that far height,...• • ' And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest. * * . • 1 . • f * ' Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath...

...heavens with the last steps of day Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? " All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height,...night is near. "And soon that toil shall end; Soon shall thou find a summer home, and rest, And scream among thy fellows; reeds shall bent Soon, o'er...

...great bulk diminishes to the merest speck, or is entirely lost to the aching sight of the observer. " All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height,...thin, atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome laud, Though the dark night is near. There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless...

...along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable air — -8 Lone- wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere : Yet, stoop not, weary,4 to the welcome land Though the dark night is near. And soon that toil shall end ; Soon shalt...

...along that pathless coast,— The desert and illimitable air,— Lone wandering, but not lost. 9 > All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height,...and rest, And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ;...

...— The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fann'd, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet...and rest And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou 'rt gone — the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form...

...— The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fann'd, At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet...and rest And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone — the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form...

...The desert and illimitable air, — Lone, wandering, but not lost. " All day thy wings have fann'd, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet...and rest, And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest. " Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form,...

...way along that pathless coast — The desert and illimitable air — Lone-wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned At that far height,...night is near. And soon that toil shall end ; Soon shall thou find a summer home, and rest, And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er...