John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Thomas Buchanan Read. (18221872)
1 Within the sober realm of leafless trees, The russet year inhaled the dreamy air; Like some tanned reaper, in his hour of ease, When all the fields are lying brown and bare.
The closing Scene. Sc. i.
2 My soul to-day Is far away Sailing the Vesuvian Bay.
Drifting.
3 With dreamful eyes My spirit lies Under the walls of Paradise.
Drifting.
4 Yon deep bark goes Where Traffic blows From lands of sun to lands of snows; Yon happier one, Its course is run From lands of snow to lands of sun.
Drifting.
5 We bring roses, beautiful fresh roses, Dewy as the morning and colored like the dawn.
The new pastoral Book.
6 O Night! most beautiful and rare! Thou givest the heavens their holiest hue, And through the azure fields of air Bringst down the gentle dew.
Night.
7 The terrible rumble, grumble and roar Telling the battle was on once more And Sheridan twenty miles away!
Sheridans Ride.