| 单词 | gentle wind |
| 例句 | I was a loose kite in a gentle wind floating with only my will for an anchor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z All that greeted me as I stepped out onto the rocky shore was a gentle wind. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Sun and waves and gentle winds, all love and lightness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To the place where whirling darkness started its journey along the edges of the rocks along the places of the gentle wind along the edges of blue clouds along the edges of clear water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It feels as if he’s guiding me, like a gentle wind. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z The copper leaves on the tree shivered, softly, as if in a gentle wind, and then harder, as if a storm were coming. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z And then a gentle wind blew across the cornfields, and the corn whispered here, here, here. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A gentle wind whispered through the treetops, and then—thunk!—a pinecone bounced off her head. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There was nothing to be heard except the gentle wind, the heather bees, the skylarks very high, and a few distant snuffles from Meg. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Ba looked at Ma cautiously; her face looked weary but the gentle wind that rippled the bowl’s water seemed to smooth the creases of her face. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He helped the gentle wind push them down the sky; it seemed to him that they went faster for his help. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Balloons by the dozen were rising, circling, and drifting away through the door, sailing off on the gentle wind. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The thick walls shut out the clamor of the castle, and he could hear birds singing, the murmur of crickets, leaves rustling in a gentle wind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The day is clear and warm, with a gentle wind. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Like the crystalline blue sky over their heads, and the gentle wind that cooled them, and the expanse of green lawns that he had known all his life. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z He sat looking down at his bloody leg, feeling the gentle wind, the heat from the south, seeing Kilrain dead on a litter, no more the steady presence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt a gentle wind brush against his arms. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z All was quiet there in the dark, save the rustling of the leaves in the apple tree, barely stirred by a gentle wind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As I walked the Old North Bridge, a gentle wind brought golden oak leaves down upon my head. Arctic Explorers, New Jersey Literature and Other Letters to the Editor 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Heard in a new revision billed as a premiere, the piece moved from gentle wind melodies through flowing string passages to end with rousing brass fanfares and clattering percussion. Music Review: A Penchant for Bruch (Since She Was Only 5) 2010-10-21T20:18:00Z The bay must have a narrow opening to the sea, with gentle winds that push waves of dinoflagellates into the bay. Exhibition Review: ?Creatures of Light? at American Museum of Natural History 2012-03-29T21:26:33Z The weather at the time of the crash was mild, with scattered light showers, wide visibility and gentle winds in the area around the airport, according to the National Weather Service. North Dakota lawmaker killed in plane crash had recently earned commercial pilot’s license 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Burnt orange leaves rustled in the gentle winds. I climbed one of Seattle’s biggest trees. Here’s why 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z People out here get so accustomed to gentle winds and serene, even-tempered weather that the minute something a little off-schedule happens, like a snow, they begin to shout, ‘This is very unusual!’ Lightning, killer floods and even snow: The real L.A story has weather drama 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The theory, which explains how nature resets cognition, relies in part on the concept of surrounding activity that occupies your attention but doesn’t monopolize it — activity such as a gentle wind. Forget hygge, it’s time for uitwaaien 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Ingenuity weighs only four pounds, its lightweight frame highly susceptible to even gentle winds. NASA receives first weather reports from Perseverance rover on Mars at Jezero Crater 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Pope and Root are watchful on a peach coloured pitch, a gentle wind ruffling Root’s shirt. India v England: Root hits double hundred on day two of first Test – live! 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z A gentle wind rustles the pine trees that swaddle the health resort, described by one guidebook as “a perfect spot for a romantic evening.” Amnesia Grips a Bosnian Spa That Served as a Rape Camp 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z He said flight controllers would be patient for the most opportune moment, calm seas and gentle winds, ideally under 10 mph, before committing to a return. SpaceX and NASA still plan to fly astronauts home this weekend, but Hurricane Isaias could complicate landing 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z He said flight controllers would be patient for the most opportune moment, calm seas and gentle winds, ideally under 10 m.p.h., before committing to a return. SpaceX, NASA plan to fly astronauts home this weekend; hurricane could complicate landing 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z More gentle winds are a key factor in reducing fire hazards, allowing Pacific Gas & Electric to turn the power back on. For the Most Vulnerable, California Blackouts ‘Can Be Life or Death’ 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z A gentle wind rolled in across a neighboring field, and for a moment our loved ones sat beside us. For Japanese Americans, 'The Terror' is personal 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Seemingly flat expanses of solid color disintegrate and disperse, as if adrift on gentle winds. Look into Roy Dowell’s paintings long enough, and what you see begins to change 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Know’st thou the land where lemon-trees do bloom, And oranges like gold in leafy gloom; A gentle wind from deep blue heaven blows, The myrtle thick, and high the laurel grows? How “Little Women” Got Big 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Pluto’s gentle winds then carried and deposited the grains. Dunes on Pluto made of tiny frozen grains of methane 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Her natural beauty is not so much upstaged as complemented by the gorgeousness of St.-Tropez itself, which lolls across the hills behind her, caressed by impossibly blue water and gentle wind. Beautiful People in European Villas: a Film Genre of Its Own 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The fire’s advance from the peaks of Sugar Loaf and Hood mountains has been steady, despite the gentle wind. Wildfires continue to advance across Northern California as firefighters gain ground 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Veronica’s mother watched them and waited for a sign from the gentle wind. A Mother Tried to Escape Gangs. Bullets Found Her Daughter. 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The day was sunny, with a gentle wind. Cow Dung Goes High Design 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z A chance of rain and thunderstorms this morning, clouds later on, and then gradually clearing up, with a high of 66 and gentle winds from the west. New York Today: Finding Cuba in New York 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Heffernan and I met Dixon on a morning of gentle winds and six hours of falling tide ahead of us: ideal conditions. At Montauk Point, Albacore on the Feed Prove a Tasty Pursuit 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Oblivious to the suburban serenade — chirping birds, a gentle wind rustling through the azaleas, the sound of children playing — Ray sits grim-faced and nervous on his stoop. Families Continue to Heal 20 Years After Title Fight Between Ray Mancini and Duk-koo Kim 2012-09-17T00:28:06Z Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Rains weep over the lonely mound, Sunlight lingers, and swift shades pass; Tender hands of the gentle wind Smooth the knots of the tangled grass. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z A gentle wind moved the curtains to and fro, a brisk breeze, yet saturated with the disquieting taint of unknown odours, odours of a town whose streets are thronged with strange people. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Joyful are we when the honey-laden zephyr waves the long grass in June, or when “The gentle wind, a sweet and passionate wooer, Kisses the blushing leaf.” Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z There was a gentle wind, the leaves seemed to rustle and whisper to him. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z No city smoke to stain the heather bells,— Sigh, gentle winds, around my lone love sleeping,— She bore her burthen here, but now she dwells Where scorner never came, and none are weeping. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z And— “Where gentle winds from the blue heavens sigh, There stand the myrtles still, the laurel high,”— calls up before the imagination by means of a few concepts the whole delight of a southern clime. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Never were yews so dark and velvety, so full of whispered secrets, as the gentle wind stirred their crisped leaves continually. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Our North Atlantic Coast would then be the land of zephyrs, using the word in the sense of pleasant, gentle winds. Wind and Weather 2011-11-23T03:00:57.717Z On the high rocks the frost was keen, but in the deep valley a gentle wind from the Pacific melted the snow. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z With a gentle wind, south of west, maples sometimes run all night. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z A very gentle wind, however, and hardly did the barque make five knots an hour on her backward track. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z The gentle winds above his form in softest tones were sighing; The god of day had slowly sank beneath the verge of day, And the silver moon was gliding above the milky way. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z For the sky was softly blue, and the water, too; and a gentle wind aided our paddles, which pierced the stream so silently that scarce a diamond-drop fell from the sunlit blades. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Then, oh! to hear the frou-frou of the gentle wind through the silken foliage! Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Why! every moving—for move they do, as if a gentle wind were for ever stirring them—every moving leaflet, twiglet, twig, or stem, is a flower in itself—alive with light and colour combined. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Even the best day of sun and gentle wind offers no balm. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z They are dimmed to sky colour by a gentle wind from the east, for Eurus, however fierce his message, sweeps a fair garment about him. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z "To me it is as yesterday, when I see her paddling the canoe and swaying like a reed in the gentle wind." A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z The morning was fresh and bright, a gentle wind rippled the surface of the wide bay. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z She was weary from her work, and as the gentle wind sighed among the thick green branches above her she dropped to sleep. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z O Thou gentle wind, cool and refresh our hearts in every fiery trial and anguish, be our protection and shelter in time of need, our help in affliction, our comfort in adversity. The Little Treasure of Prayers Being a Translation of the Epitome from the German Larger 'Treasure of prayers' ['Gebets-Schatz'] 2011-04-02T02:00:09.993Z Seeking another burrow, he was thwarted when the gentle wind that always murmured over the swamp became a stiff breeze. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z A gentle wind is rushing through it now; the faint murmur of some "hidden brook," singing its "quiet tune," fall upon the ear; some happy birds are warbling in the thickets. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z His tall plume swayed in the gentle wind, and his brilliant costume glittered in the evening sun. Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z A gentle wind bent the rustling stalks of the vast corn-fields, and their shimmering green was agitated like the waves of the sea. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z "Yes," the old man's voice had within it the blending of gentle winds, and stormy ones, and rippling streams, and strange bird songs. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Just overhead, a leafy branch was moving in the gentle wind, and when the branch moved, its shadow shifted across the sack. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z But at least today should be warm and sunny, with a high of 73 degrees and gentle winds. Paladino Turns Up in Manhattan 2010-09-21T12:39:00Z She still stood motionless, gazing out into the far beyond, her dress waving in the gentle wind, her tresses, wafted by the gentle breezes, falling about her crimson cheeks. The Nightrider's Feud October 29 was largely cloudy; a gentle wind, south to east; temperature, 29° to 35°; 4-5 inches of snow on ground; thin ice on a tundra pond. The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin The gentle wind blew all day, turning everything in a sea of slush. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z But blue sky, sunshine of approaching summer, gentle winds and freshening rains brought only restlessness to New Yorkers that month of May. The Moonlit Way She turned into Hyde Park, where the gentle wind was sorrowfully driving the brown and broken leaves along the rough gravel. A Bed of Roses Here and there behind the encircling wall a tree lifted its crested top, the night's gentle wind stirring its leaves and branches. The Return of Tharn The morning was deliciously cool, with a gentle wind sliding down from the high peaks, which were already glowing with the morning's pink and yellow. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop They set out early in the ensuing twilight, and rowed westward all night, in the face of a gentle wind. The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution "The gentle wind, that like a ghost doth pass, A waving shadow on the cornfield keeps." Faith and Unfaith They gave forth a soft, seething sound in the gentle wind. Shadows of Flames A Novel The gay foliage along the banks—for the autumn tints had come early this year—was reflected in the clear water, and a gentle wind stirred the white birches. Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 Above all, the air was soft, humid, and balmy; and love seemed breathed in the gentle wind that barely stirred the leaves. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One Over its fair shores the gentle winds waft the perfumes of citron and orange! My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa The shot soon began to fall short, and the “Halcyon,” tacking once more, lay her course with a gentle wind from the eastward, and a smooth sea. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The sky was almost free of clouds and a gentle wind moved through the cedars along the bank of the stream. Piper in the Woods Never seek to tell thy love, Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind doth move Silently, invisibly. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes Waves of the grass, stirred like tide by the gentle wind, and hills rolling off toward the horizon in whichever direction he turned. Voyage To Eternity The gentle winds stirred the red gold of her curly hair, and cooled her heated cheeks. Maid Sally It had billowed down the valley, its streamers and tentacles pushed by the gentle wind bringing the sleeping men awake coughing and gasping only to fall asleep again—permanently. For Every Man A Reason The gentle wind that shook the orange-blossoms seemed made to bear its odors to my senses; all Nature appeared tributary to my enjoyment. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas There was gentle wind, which was accentuated by the motion of the machines. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea The leaves are almost always in motion, very gentle winds being sufficient to make them twinkle and turn. The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park The air was warm and serene; and no sound was heard but that of the gentle wind in the tops of the old trees, announcing, as it were, the approach of some far off joy. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. But surely it is strange, with that warm sun streaming down, that the gentle wind should so soon have cooled the air. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier It's a sweet, gentle wind, beloved of all that flies, and you can't possibly mistake it. Jimbo A Fantasy The deep delicious perfumes of tropical blooms, even of tree and shrub, would have been overpowering had it not been for the lightness of the air and the constant though gentle wind. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 Now a gentle wind blew in his face. The Fifth-Dimension Tube A soft bubbling announced the dissolution, and a gentle wind waved the garments and locks of the bystanders. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. A gentle wind stirred overhead, and I smelt the sharp sweet fragrance of the sycamore, which cast a delicate lace-work of shadows on the crooked brick pavement. The Romance of a Plain Man Ah, if the gentle winds sighing above her, or the solemn, nodding trees had only told her, how different her life might have been! Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love Thus equipped, the three stood outside the cabin, with the moon high in the sky, a gentle wind sweeping up the cañon and loose masses of clouds drifting in front of the orb of night. A Waif of the Mountains At midnight, September the 18th, the tide then serving, a small party set sail, and during the day, with a gentle wind, made about sixty miles north. King Philip Makers of History The gentle wind played with his golden locks. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. A gentle wind stirred the grass, and the flute-like warble of a song bird was repeated close to his ear, over and over with a tireless persistence. The Man from Time The heat and the gentle wind soon dried her armour of spines and surcoat of leaves. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain The spruce trees dream of summer hours And birds that carrolled sweetly, Of gentle winds and smiling flowers That died too quickly. Out of the North It was summer; the red sun was going down, and the tree-tops of the vast forests, moved by a gentle wind, seemed like the waves of the wide sea. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden At times the gentle wind hardly moved the bended heads of the barley, and the hawks hung in the air like trout sleeping in deep pools. A Son of the Middle Border It was dark, save for the twinkling stars, and silent, except when the leaves were swayed by the gentle wind. Down the Slope It came; and there needed but a gentle wind to sweep the battle smoke around this quiet house.... The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I A gentle wind rippled past across the dun sands and through the gray-green sage. Letters on an Elk Hunt The July weather had been magnificent—blue skies, a gentle wind, and a sea scarcely silvered by a comber. The Dark Star A gentle wind blowing across the prairie lifted his luxuriant mane slightly from his neck and swung his heavy tail to one side. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux And as he worked madly in his efforts to reach home, the gentle wind was slowly but surely carrying him out to the open lake. The End of the Rainbow "Now blow fair, thou gentle wind, Bear us all to her!" The Nursery, March 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers It was growing cool and the fire was not unwelcome, but by and by a gentle wind began to blow and kept away the midges. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls He saw the silver-pierced vault of the sky, smelled the fragrance of the plains borne on the gentle wind, and heard the rustle of the dappled cottonwoods and the howling of the distant coyotes. The Free Range There was a gentle wind from the northwest. The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice Above the stir and bustle of the birds you could hear the gentle wind in the tree-tops like the sound of a sea on a low-tide beach. The Pools of Silence There were sunshine and a gentle wind, and white clouds in a blue sky. Aunt Jane of Kentucky A gentle wind was blowing from the southwest. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good An old, brown-sailed coal barge moved slowly past on the gentle wind, the many browns of its patched sails forming a rich splash of colour in the evening sun. Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light The surface of the little lake was silver, rippling lightly under the gentle wind, and beyond was the green wall of the forest. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" In the beautiful vision of Elijah, God passes by in the form of a gentle wind, which produces a slight rustling noise. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 It was brought on the edge of the gentle wind, and his nostrils expanded, as he noticed that it was growing stronger and stronger. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods Here it hung for probably half an hour, slowly swinging to and fro, as if moved by a gentle wind. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Though trembling and confused, the sailors managed to hoist sail, and on a gentle wind from the east they left that coast never more to venture near it. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate A gentle wind blew, and the boughs moved softly and peacefully before it. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" A few stars watched him above the black ramparts of the pines; a gentle wind was abroad, bringing inland the restless voice of the sea. Blue-Bird Weather When from the south the gentle winds do blow, Calling the flowers that sleep beneath the earth, It sounds like sweetest music, that doth go Before thy coming, full of love and mirth. Poems Then to the north, whence blew a cool and gentle wind, but the landscape offered nothing attractive to her eyes; its receding horizon told no new story. Laramie Holds the Range A gentle wind blew against them, being344 the remnant left by the cyclone, and while they ate, you need not be told they used their eyes. The Hunters of the Ozark The moonlight was silvery clear, and they could see pines, oaks, and cedars waving in a gentle wind, but they saw nothing else. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War From this standpoint the letting loose of smoke-clouds which, in a gentle wind, move quite slowly towards the enemy is not only permissible by international law, but is an extraordinarily mild method of war. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 It seemed to him that the huge elephant ears lifted their dew-weighted leaves and shook themselves in the gentle wind. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old In the fields the growing corn was showing its ordered spears, and the wheat was beginning to wave in the gentle wind. A Daughter of the Middle Border It was a grey day with a gentle wind, the sky of a teased pearl woolliness with curious warm tints in it here and there. Patsy They still rode heel to heel and toe to toe, and across the river the dense undergrowth moved a little in the gentle wind, but disclosed nothing. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War I was almost positive I could hear music: sweet and faint and soft as a seraph’s sigh, it came down to my ear on the gentle wind. Peter the Whaler A gentle wind awakened the forest whispers and gathered its freight of seed and pollen to scatter abroad. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old The gentle wind produced no sound round the cask; the roar of the surf on the rocks had ceased. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures They waved as peacefully as ever in the gentle wind from the west. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond Where the glad brook is bringing Sweet music never dying; Where the bright birds are singing, And gentle winds are sighing; Oh! thither go with me, And list to Nature’s song of thee. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 Before, the rains descended in soft showers in the pauses of gentle winds, now they fell in torrents, accompanied with howling tempests and cold hurricanes. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 Rows of tall pines stand on either side, their branches forming an arch overhead, and hung with long, trailing moss, moving and whispering mysteriously in the gentle wind. An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith It was a magnificent June morning, with the river almost like glass and a gentle wind from the south. A Little Girl in Old Detroit She looked through the window and saw nothing that lived among the bushes and the scrub oaks only the scant grass and the new spring foliage waving in the gentle wind. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond F. What is the gentle wind which the musical instrument awoke? The Rocky Island and Other Similitudes "The blossom's scent Floated across the fresh grass, and the bees With low, vexed song from rose to lily went; A gentle wind was in the heavy trees." Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Above their heads a gentle wind blew murmuringly and whisperingly through the wide-spreading branches of the evergreen oak; and, at their feet, snapped and crackled the ruddy flames of their own camp-fire. The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 It seemed to her impossible that any single person could carry that load for long, but she might just as well have argued with the gentle wind blowing now shorewards from the islands. The Beach of Dreams A single electric light shone down from the ceiling, creating long, ghostlike shadows as it swayed about in a gentle wind blowing through a broken window. The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier "Oh, it is just lovely here!" sighed Ruth, as she removed her hat and let the gentle wind blow about her hair. The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays Perhaps in autumn I can find Two sunny days with gentle wind; I then could go to Carcassonne, I still could go to Carcassonne. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Samuel named it the whisper of a gentle wind. The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the Second An Ethical Poem A gentle wind, straight as a die, was driving direct ashore. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward A rose world bathed in soft sunlight, knowing only gentle winds, peace, and—sloth. Key Out of Time All the wilderness was touched with the tender young green of spring and nothing stirred but the gentle wind. The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky Though your smiling turn to weeping, Though your skies grow cold and drear, Though your gentle winds are sleeping, April! Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two For six days the Swan sailed westward before a gentle wind. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico He will cheer your souls with the gentle winds of His holiness and make bright your faces with the splendours of His lights, and exalt the memory of you amongst all peoples. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá The evening was as yet moonless, the stars alone twinkled in the heavens, and the gentle winds blew plaintively over the tall trees around the mansion. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan At the detected point a leaf moved, but not in the way it should have swayed before the gentle wind, and there was a passing spot of brown in the green of the bushes. The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky The gentle wind in the olive trees, which grew thickly in the Garden of Gethsemane, was so different from the noise and smell of the Temple courtyard! Men Called Him Master There was a sighing of the wind in trees; a very low sighing, rather a whispering, of a gentle wind in trees. The Cow Puncher His ears had never been out of the sound of them and they were very gentle winds sometimes, tender and loving with their own child born on the desert. The Way of the Wind For though ye salt sea-gods withhold the rain Of all your floats and gentle winds be still, While I have wept such tears as might restrain The rage of tides and winds against their will. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia Safe may you reach your distant—destin'd port, Nor rocks—nor treach'rous sands—oppose your fame, May gentle winds your swelling topsails court, And thousands shout you welcome home again. The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts A soft, Indian-summer glow hung with transparent effect over the landscape; and a gentle wind whispered lovingly over the Tappan Zee. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family Sometimes it begins with a gentle wind from the E. or N.E., and is at first comparatively mild in its operations, but afterwards gradually increases in intensity. Essays in Natural History and Agriculture The street and the white house-front were plumy with soft tree shadows wavering in a gentle wind. The Butterfly House The gentle winds sally, Vpon every Valley, And many times dally And wantonly sport. Minor Poems of Michael Drayton The rustle of the leaves under the gentle wind was soothing. The Tree of Appomattox A gentle wind was stirring the leaves, and the sunbeams, filtering through the boughs, fell upon the ground in golden snowflakes. Arms and the Woman Now and again a heavy gun fired a round, and infrequently, on a gentle wind blowing from the trenches, was borne the rattle of a machine-gun. On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms A gentle wind began to blow over the tall grass in the field. Bunny Rabbit's Diary I remember the soul stirring melody of Band of Gold and the lingering smell of peaches and the gentle winds against my ears on a pleasant summer night. Sequential Problem Solving A Student Handbook with Checklists for Successful Critical Thinking A gentle wind blows on my fishing-gear Softly shaking my ten feet of line. More Translations from the Chinese October, with its golden and crimson hues, its "gentle wind," and its "fair sunny noon," has passed away. The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories From somewhere near by a woodpecker was tapping busily, but save for this no sound broke the pervading stillness, for the gentle wind had died away. The Definite Object A Romance of New York At the cottage door the grandsire Sits, pale, in his easy-chair, While a gentle wind of twilight Plays with his silver hair. The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics It was a beautiful night, with a gentle wind drifting in from the west. Jess of the Rebel Trail A gentle wind sighed up the valley from the narrow ca�on mouth, as it did every day. Heart's Desire A gentle wind of western birth, From some far summer sea, Wakes daisies in the wintry earth. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Monty, having refilled his pipe on his knees, lit it with some difficulty in the gentle wind, before he remembered that, after dark, smoking was forbidden on deck. Tell England A Study in a Generation A full half hour passed, and Robert heard nothing stirring in the undergrowth, save the wandering but gentle winds that rustled the leaves and whispered in the grass. The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain The nostrils of the Onondaga expanded, as he inhaled the odors of leaf and grass, borne on the gentle wind. The Hunters of the Hills The last raindrop was gone, and the bushes and grass were drying in the gentle wind. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky A low gentle wind is getting up, and beginning slightly to stir the tall blades of grass that have shot up between some of the old stones. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Once or twice a little leaf was heard to cry and sigh, as leaves often do, when a gentle wind is blowing. McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader The moon was slowly sinking toward the western mountain-tops, flooding with soft light the valley below, and touching to silver the fleecy clouds that, shepherded by the gentle wind, wreathed the highest peaks beyond. Gordon Keith He heard nothing without but the breathing of the gentle wind, and then, knowing that it had been only his vivid fancy, he went back to bed and slept soundly. The Hunters of the Hills Each had a feeling of perfect safety, for the time at least, and they let the boat drift northward under the gentle wind from the south that rippled the surface of the lake. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky Again there was a moment of terrible silence, and when a gentle wind swept over the wild oats and through the tree, there seemed to sound on the air a sigh and a shudder. Romance of California Life To his lady-love he writes: Here where I am writing now 'Tis lonely, shady, cool, and green; And by the slender fig I hear The gentle wind blow towards Schweidnitz. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times In all other respects we left the brigantine to the guardianship of the gentle winds. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I From the unseen city blew a mighty yet gentle wind. A Love Episode A gentle wind brought a low groan to the ears of every man among them. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky After the warm day, all the evening scents were abroad, carried by a gentle wind. Lady Connie The regular and gentle wind came upon the quarter without change, and the heel of the boat was steady. Hills and the Sea In massy green, upon the crest Of many a slanting hill, By gentle wind and sun caressed, The live-oaks carry still A ponderous head, a sinewy breast, A look of tameless will. The California Birthday Book A gentle wind, rising and falling, swept over them, lifting and blowing out the cups as it passed off to the surface of the water and printed it with plashes of ripples. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars The bushes waved a little in the gentle wind, and the water broke in brilliant bubbles on the shallows. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky On one side lies the sea, shimmering in bands of blue, purple, and green to the swaying of gentle winds, exhibiting those magical shiftings and changes of color peculiar to these waves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 However autocratic the producer, however obstinate the dramatist, the play will vary at each rehearsal like a large cloud in a gentle wind. The Author's Craft He continued, "Several winds are getting up together—a strong wind from the west, and a gentle wind from the east." The Man Who Laughs A gentle wind soon dissipated this smoke, and showed us a clear sky overhead. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation The day was of unrivaled beauty, a cloudless blue sky overhead, green grass under foot, and a warm, gentle wind always blowing from the south. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky And the ranks of those fierce bowmen, the Kurus, looked like masses of clouds in the rainy season drifting before a gentle wind. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva The gentle wind just lifts the head Of many a columbine; And, taken from their rocky bed, They in our wreaths shall twine. Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight Stories Wilton looked out over the lake, where the gentle wind still blew and the rippling waters made a slight sighing sound almost like a lullaby. The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border Only little white clouds were to be seen in the sky of dazzling blue, and the green forest, stirred by a gentle wind, waved its boughs at them in friendly fashion. The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign She, indeed, seeing him beautiful as Kâma himself, was almost equally affected, and, pervaded by strong feeling, trembled like the branch of a creeping plant agitated by a gentle wind. Hindoo Tales Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes A gentle wind swelled our sails, and the current carried us rapidly into the open sea. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island During the five days and nights of the experiment, a gentle wind blew, and the weather was, on the whole, dry and clear. Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 The water was barely stirred by a gentle wind, and little resembled the stormy sea I expected to find it. Views a-foot The rustling, one great blended note, universal but soft, was that of the leaves moving in harmony before the gentle wind. The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign A gentle wind had filled the sails, and already he was in the open sea. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Weathercocks do not always show the real direction of a very gentle wind. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827 A gentle wind fretted the loose tendrils of brown hair about her face. The Hunted Woman Ere we were aware of it, a spirit of profound seriousness stole over the community like a soft and gentle wind. 28th. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers There was a fine gentle wind, and Mr. Pickwick's hat rolled sportively before it. The Pickwick Papers But they noticed that the air was still fresh, and that a gentle wind blew toward them. Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold At last the Black Brothers became so bad that the Spirit of the West Wind took vengeance on them; he forbade any of the gentle winds, south and west, to bring rain to the valley. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell He must have slept for hours, for now, behold, a warm, gentle wind was blowing, the moon was shining, and the fog was gone. The Blue Lagoon: a romance The water lay shining in the light, a gentle wind ruffled the surface in undulant waves, and on the opposite bank arose the line of big trees. The Harvester The first thing I remember is the sound of a voice above me, full and low, and strangely reminding me of the sound of a gentle wind amidst the leaves of a great tree. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women Here a stout pole had been erected and rigged with block and fall, and from this, a flag stirred lazily in the gentle wind. The Amateur Gentleman He was back in Pendleton, sitting on the portico with his mother, watching the flowers on the lawn nod in the gentle wind. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis That silence was only interrupted by the gentle wind which moved the leaves of the pear-tree, the chirping of the grasshoppers among the grass and the distant indistinct song of the mower. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy A gentle wind arose, and wafted us the sighs of the pines and their resinous odors. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 It came; and there needed but a gentle wind to sweep the battle-smoke around this quiet house. The Old Manse (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") It was a glorious day of golden corn, gentle wind, and blue sky—with great masses of white snow, whiter than any cloud, held up in it. Wilfrid Cumbermede They beheld only the stems of the grass waving as if under a gentle wind. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis Breathe low, thou gentle wind, Breathe soft and low; The beautiful lies dead! Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Harmonies I hear there ringing, Tones of sweetest heavenly rest; And the gentle winds are bringing Balmy odours to my breast! Rampolli Flowers spring up beneath their feet; fruits suddenly ripen, and invite them to gather and eat; storms cease, and gentle winds refresh the sky. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others A gentle wind begins to blow, swaying the bracken a little, the flowers and the straw; but the straw cannot sway, it only trembles. Look Back on Happiness Let us let the gentle wind, Rippling in the sunburnt sward, Bring us to a patient mind! Poems of Paul Verlaine Slowly, slowly, borne upon the gentle wind came a fragrance strange and unexpected, a savour delectable of cooking meat that made him know himself a man vastly hungry despite his grievous woe. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn A gentle wind sighed softly through the leaves of the trees, and merrily flowed the near-by brook. After Long Years and Other Stories Nevertheless, there I was kept a prisoner till it was too late to fling myself on a gentle wind, and be blown away into the country. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 Then for an hour or two they sat lounging and chattering in the warm shade, while the gentle wind brought them every spring scent, every twitter of the birds, every swaying murmur of the forest. The History of David Grieve There was a gentle wind blowing, and the boats' crews, having hoisted the sails, were fast leaving the ship. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories Once upon a time a little leaf was heard to sigh and cry, as leaves often do when a gentle wind is about. A Child's Story Garden Then the storm had subsided and a gentle wind had arisen. After Long Years and Other Stories A gentle wind drew in shore from the lake, stirring the tall rushes in the adjacent swamps. The Web of Life The same kind of decorations are used at the great festivals, and when a gentle wind set them in motion they had quite a cheerful, almost festive appearance. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 A gentle wind breathed upon the woods, and waved the fir-trees on the cliffs, which, free from clouds, rose distinctly into the clear blue sky. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents I remember the round, full column of her throat as she stood thus, her long, night-black hair a troubled torrent stirring in the gentle wind. Peregrine's Progress Her legs and arms were like the slender top branches of trees swaying in a gentle wind. Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories I feel my hair Borne up and wafted by the gentle wind, I feel the odours that perfume the air, And hear the rustling of the leaves behind. Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems "Go in thy glory o'er the ancient sea, Take with thee gentle winds thy sails to swell, Sunshine and joy upon thy streamers be; Fare thee well, bark; farewell!" Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds I, therefore, impute the distant effects of the poison, in a great measure, to the constant gentle winds in those parts, which have not power enough to disperse the poisonous particles. The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. The very air tingled with life that the sunshine coaxed into being, and the gentle wind further fanned it to rapidity of action. The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale Or, camping and tramping for fun and health The lake below was beating its bank by a gentle wind.... Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) The words came faintly from the distance to his ears as the music died away, the gentle wind brought perfumed air from out the shadows of the night to touch his face. Burnham Breaker They danced wonderfully together, swaying together like two reeds in the same gentle wind. The Everlasting Whisper The gentle wind and the balmy air, Little by little, bring verdure there; Till the summer sunbeams gayly smile On the buds and the flowers of the coral isle. Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study And presently, a gentle wind arose, that came and went, to fan brow and cheek and temper the sun's heat. Beltane the Smith A gentle wind stirred the leaves overhead, and the tops of the trees nearest them could be seen slightly swaying against the clear sky beyond. The Lost Trail Also from time to time he heard a rustling like that of a forest when a gentle wind stirs its leaves, or the rustling of the robes of innumerable women. The People of the Mist Si'Wren could not help shivering again when she chanced to hear it one last time, far in the distance, through some quirk of the gentle wind across the uneven land. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs A gentle wind of morning stirred the lace curtains at the windows and touched Miss Lady's hair as she stood there, asking the answer of the mirror. The Law of the Land A single electric light shone down from the ceiling, creating long, ghost-like shadows as it swayed about in a gentle wind blowing through a broken window. Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns The day was beautiful, with a glorious June sun and gentle winds, but Harry, feeling something strange about it, realized presently that it was the silence. The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign You must listen though, for this low, sweet slumber- song must only leave the lips like a gentle wind. An Egyptian Princess — Volume 04 The gentle wind had a lonely, desolate sound. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs The heat of the sun is great; but a gentle wind cools the air. Hyperion Then she said, "Blow, blow, thou gentle wind, I say, Blow Conrad's little hat away, And make him chase it here and there, Until I have braided all my hair, And bound it up again." Household Tales by Brothers Grimm "The new squire!" said Larry, stopping himself on the path, and looking as though a gentle wind would suffice to blow him over. The American Senator Scarce had the ship weighed anchor, to be wafted across the bay by a gentle wind, when Petronilla started on her land journey for Rome. Veranilda Yes, it is brightening," said he, "but it must be twenty miles off still, and if it comes down with a gentle wind we shall save the paddocks and hay. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn The magnolias and live oaks and the shrubs in the garden moved in the gentle wind. The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve Lively, pretty little flowers of the finest blue, teemed here, there, and everywhere, through the splendid grass, wafed to and fro by a gentle wind. The Eureka Stockade Whatever toils the great Ulysses pass'd, Beneath this happy roof they end at last; No longer now from shore to shore to roam, Smooth seas and gentle winds invite him home. The Odyssey Blow, blow, thou gentle wind, I say, Blow Conrad's little hat away, And make him chase it here and there, Until I have braided all my hair, And bound it up again. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 A gentle wind blows down from that blue sky; Calm stands the myrtle and the laurel high. Forty-Two Poems The night was spent floating in the air, with the engine stopped, and the Red Cloud floating lazily this way and that as the gentle winds shifted, for it was calm. Tom Swift and His Airship They had the stars above them, the waters about them, the gentle winds to caress them as they lay in the very midst of romance. A Spirit in Prison A gentle wind stirred the old gnarled trees on the southern ramparts, a wind that sounded like the sigh of swiftly dying hope. The Elusive Pimpernel Blow, blow, thou gentle wind, I say, Blow Conrad's little hat away, And make him chase it here and there, Until I have braided all my hair, And bound it up again. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 A very gentle wind, which dived over the tor tops into the young fern; stole down at her, spiced with the fern sap. The Patrician On the morning of the 9th of October, a gentle wind carried us along a "remanso," or still water, under the southern shore. The Naturalist on the River Amazons And truly the sea was smooth enough save for a long, rolling swell out of the East, and with a soft and gentle wind to abate the sun's generous heat. Black Bartlemy's Treasure We had a prevailing and very gentle wind from the northward, a smooth sea, and continual daylight. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 Out of the green twilight of the woods a gentle wind was blowing, laden with the scent of earth and hidden flowers. My Lady Caprice So she sent me forth on a well-bound raft, and gave me plenteous store, bread and sweet wine, and she clad me in imperishable raiment, and sent forth a warm and gentle wind to blow. The Odyssey Done into English prose Softly they stole in at the opened door, with a gentle wind in the skirts of their garments. Lilith, a romance And now the odorous, fanned by a gentle wind creeping from the adjacent sea, scattered themselves over that chamber, whose walls vied with the richest colors of the most glowing flowers. Last Days of Pompeii You gentle winds, that with your modest blasts Pass through the circuit of the heavenly vault, Enter the clouds unto the throne of Jove, And there bear my prayers to his all hearing ears. Locrine/Mucedorus The day was soft and beautiful, the water was quiet, and only a gentle wind came creeping over it. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable —What gentle winds perspire! as if here Never had been the northern plunderer To strip the trees and fields, to their distress, Leaving them to a pitied nakedness. A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick A gentle wind tapped the halyards against the flagpole before the closed doors of the Caledonia Dance Hall. The Faith of Men A gentle wind was blowing, the forest was dry and the leaves rustled with the low note that is like the softest chord of a violin. The Scouts of the Valley |
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