 | Lady Caroline Catharine Wilkinson - Botany, Economic - 1858 - 506 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...the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er the ample moor, Though thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's... | |
 | Edward Bradley - 1861 - 470 pages
...than for the wild deer. The caterpillar of the oak-egger moth feeds upon the heather leaves, and — " The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets." The honey, however, thus prepared is darker than the ordinary honey, and derives a peculiar flavour... | |
 | Nature in literature - 1864 - 142 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 thec her choicest sweets. Gem of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er the lonely moor ;... | |
 | American poetry - 1865 - 144 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...perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valor's crest and beauty's bower Oft hast thou decked, a favorite flower. Flower of the wild ! whose... | |
 | Nature in literature - 1866 - 132 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...perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valor's crest and beauty's bower Oft hast thou decked, a favorite flower. Flower of the wild ! whose... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 182 pages
...thou art ! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food or shelter seek from thee; The bee thy earliest blossom...splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest and beauty's power, Oft hast thou deck'd, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild ! whose purple e;low Adorns the... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 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...lonely moor ; Though thou dispense no rich perfume, Kor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest and beauty's bower Oft hast thou deck'd, a... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...thou art ! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and ies, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in...Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. Thy thon dispense no rich perfume, JNTor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest and beauty's... | |
 | Floral poesy - 1875 - 360 pages
...thou art ! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food or shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom...splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest and beauty's power, Oft hast thou decked, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild ! whose purple glow Adorns the... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 860 pages
...thou art ! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and ldren's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on...And crippled age with more than childhood -fears ; 1 whose purple glow Adorns the dusky mountain's side, Not the gay hues of Iris' bow, Nor garden's artful... | |
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... wood, — To thy protecting shade she runs, Thy tender buds supply her food ; Her young forsake her downy plumes To rest upon thy opening blooms. Flower of the desert though thou art ! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately... 
