 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - Wit and humor - 1852 - 350 pages
...ened, we thought of these lines, from the pen of AZ LORDNOZOO : ' WHEN the humid storm-clouds gather Over all the starry spheres, And the melancholy darkness Gently weeps in rainy tears, Tis a joy to press the pillow Of a cottage-chamber bed, And to listen to the patter Of the soft rain... | |
 | Miss E. Hedge - English poetry - 1856 - 164 pages
...at last, my nameless bliss : As I love, loved am I ! RAIN ON THE ROOF. WHEN the humid showers gather Over all the starry spheres, And the melancholy darkness Gently weeps in rainy tears, 'Tis a joy to press the pillow Of a cottage chamber bed, And to listen to the patter Of the soft rain... | |
 | William Turner Coggeshall - American literature - 1860 - 704 pages
...Art's bravuras, RAIN ON THE ROOF. That can work with such a spell In the spirit's pure, deep fountains, WHEN the humid shadows hover Over all the starry spheres,...melancholy darkness Gently weeps in rainy tears, What a joy to press the pillow Of a cottage-chamber bed, And to listen to the patter Of the soft rain overhead... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1861 - 550 pages
...which the scene represented is so well calculated to produce.] 1. WHEN the humid storm-clouds gather Over all the starry spheres', And the melancholy darkness Gently weeps in rainy tears', 'Tis a joy to press the pillow Of a cottage-chamber bed1, And to listen to the patter Of the soft rain... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...indeed, wait forever ! CXXVI.— RAIN ON THE ROOF. . COAXES KINNEY. 1. WHEN the humid showers gather over all the starry spheres, And the melancholy darkness gently weeps in rainy tears, 'Tis a joy to press the pillow of a cottage chamber bed, And listen to the patter of the soft rain... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...first, but mighty at the lost« CHARLES МЛСКЛУ. RAIN ON THE ROOF. WHEN the showery vapors gather ank 'T is a joy to press the pillow of a cottage chamber bed, And listen to the patter of the soft rain... | |
 | William Nemos - Mnemonics - 1873 - 88 pages
...cormect it with your pegs. Take this passage as an illustration: When the humid storm-clouds gather Over all the starry spheres, And the melancholy darkness Gently weeps in rainy tears, "Pis a joy to press the pillow Of a cottage-chamber bed, And to listen to the patter Of the soft rain... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - Readers - 1875 - 348 pages
...pictures? 11. What important moral truth is illustrated by this lesson ? XL.—RAIN ON THE ROOF. "TT7"HE!N' the humid shadows hover * * Over all the starry spheres,...melancholy darkness Gently weeps in rainy tears, What a joy to press the pillow Of a cottage-chamber bed And to listen to the patter Of the soft rain overhead!... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1875 - 558 pages
...melancholy, is itself called melancholy, in the following by Clifford : "When the humid showers gather Over all the starry spheres, And the melancholy darkness Gently weeps in rainy tears, 'Tis a joy to press the pillow Of a cottage chamber-bed, . And to listen to the patter Of the soft... | |
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Of the soft rain overhead! Every tinkle on the shingles Has an echo in the heart; And a thousand dreamy fancies Into busy being start, And a thousand recollections Weave their air-threads into woof, As I listen to the patter Of the rain upon the roof. 
