| Wild flowers - 1845 - 110 pages
...on the tiniest flower, Whose light bell bends beneath the dew-drop's weight. LING, OR HEATHER. GBM of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er...Both valour's crest, and beauty's bower Oft hast thou deck'd—a favorite flower. Flower of the wild! whose purple glow Adorns the dusky mountain's side,... | |
| 1819 - 610 pages
...thou art, The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom...valour's crest, and beauty's bower, Oft hast thou deck'd, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild ! whose crimson glow Adorns the dusky mountain's side,... | |
| Joanna Baillie - English poetry - 1823 - 386 pages
...food ; Her young forsake her downy plumes To rest upon thy opening blooms. Flower of the desert tho' thou art ! The deer that range the mountain free,...whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er the lonely moor ; Tho' thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest and beauty's... | |
| Joanna Baillie - English poetry - 1823 - 388 pages
...her choicest sweets. Gem of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er the lonely moor; Tho' thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid...Both valour's crest and beauty's bower, Oft hast thou deck'd, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild ! whose purple glow Adorns the dusky mountain's side,... | |
| Benjamin Maund - 1824 - 636 pages
...thon art ! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets. Flower of the wild ! whose purple glow Adorns the dusky mountain's side ; Not the gay hues of Iris'... | |
| English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...thou art, The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom...valour's crest, and beauty's bower, Oft hast thou deck'd, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild ! whose crimson glow Adorns die dusky mountain's side,... | |
| S. Waring - Botany - 1827 - 122 pages
...thou art ! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets. * With that he shook the gather'd heath, And spread his plaid upon the wreath; And the brave foemen,... | |
| 1838 - 286 pages
...thou art ! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom...Both valour's crest and beauty's bower Oft hast thou deck'd, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild I whose purple glow Adorns the dusky mountain's side,... | |
| 702 pages
...heather smelt fresh and sweet, and looked lovely; though some poet, if I recollect, thus writes : " Gem of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty...rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure." And as I looked, first on my leathers and tops, and then at the scene, and felt the warm sun, and beheld... | |
| George William Francis - Botany - 1839 - 236 pages
...thou art. The deer that range the mountain free. The graceful doe, the stately hart, These food and shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom...whose modest bloom. Sheds beauty o'er the lonely moor : Tho' thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure : Both valor's crest and beauty's... | |
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