 NEVER stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in the desert, On the sick or wounded bison, But another vulture, watching From his high aerial look-out, Sees the downward plunge, and follows ; And a third pursues the second, Coming from the invisible...  Littell's Living Age - עמוד 2351868תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | 1855 - 676 דפים
...Disasters Come not Singly. Never stoops the soaring vulture On hie quarry in the desert, On the sick and wounded bison, But another vulture, watching From...look-out, Sees the downward plunge, and follows: And n. third pursues the second, Coming from ihe Invisible eiher, First a speck, and then a vulture, Till... | |
 | 1872 - 516 דפים
...observed, ' birds of a feather flock together.' What, says Longfellow, in his ' Song of Hiawatha' — 'Never stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in...then a vulture, Till the air is dark with pinions.' There is quick communication, whether of eye or voice, among the scavengers. The Hindoos declare positively... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Jacobs Peterson, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Robert Taylor Conrad, Joseph Ripley Chandler, Bayard Taylor - 1855 - 632 דפים
...these — " Never stoops the soaring vulture On the sick or wounded bison, On his quarry in the desert, But another vulture watching From his high aerial...the second, Coming from the invisible ether, First a spook, and then a vulture, Till the air is dark with pinions. " So disasters come not singly ; But... | |
 | HODGES SMITH - 1856 - 772 דפים
...we address intelligent heads and tender hearts, and to such it can only speak one language : — " Never stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in...the second, Coming from the invisible ether, First a ipcck, and then a vulture, Till the air is dark with piniont. So disasters come not singly ; But as... | |
 | HODGES SMITH - 1856 - 772 דפים
...believe we address intelligent heads and tender hearts, and to such it can only speak one language:— " Never stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in...the second, Coming from the invisible ether, First a ipcck, and then a vulture, Till the air is dark with piniont. So disasters come not singly ; But as... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 350 דפים
...asunder, " Kwasind! " cried they ; " that is Kwasind! He is gathering in his fire-wood! " XIX. THE GUOST9. NEVER stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in...ether, First a speck, and then a vulture, Till the aur is dark with pinions. So disasters come not singly; But as if they watched and waited, Scanning... | |
 | 1859 - 690 דפים
...Longfellow embodies in verse an old and prevalent superstition, in the following elongated manner : " Never stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in...bison, But another vulture, watching From his high acrial look-out, Sees the downward plunge, and follows ; And a third pursues the second. Coming from... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 דפים
...the downward plunge, and follows: First a speck, and then a vulture, Coming from the invisible ether, Till the air is dark with pinions. So disasters come not singly: But as if they watch'd and waited, Scanning one another's motions, When the first descends, the others Follow, follow,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 484 דפים
...Kwasind !" cried they ; " that is Kwasind 1 He is gathering in his fire- wood ! " XIX. THE GHOSTS. NEVER stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in...his high aerial look-out, Sees the downward plunge, arid follows: And a third pursues the second, Coming from the invisible ether, First a speck, and then... | |
 | 1863 - 594 דפים
...in flocks upon their victim. At first one is dimly descried in the distance — " First a speck .ind then a vulture, Till the air is dark with pinions. So disasters come not singly ; Jint ;is if they watched and waited, Scanning one another's motion« ; When the first descends, the... | |
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