 | Wild flowers - 1845 - 110 Seiten
...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 the lonely moor, Though thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest, and... | |
 | 1819 - 610 Seiten
...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...whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er the lonely moor, Though thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest, and... | |
 | Benjamin Maund - 1824 - 636 Seiten
...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'... | |
 | Author of the Buxton diamonds - 1824 - 160 Seiten
...supply the little heath-fowl with a delicate food." " Very well : let us go on to the next stanza : ' The bee thy earliest blossom greets : And draws from thee her choicest sweets.' " " Oh, papa ! nothing, nothing can be more simple than this," exclaimed Helen. " Who does not know... | |
 | 1819 - 606 Seiten
...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...whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er the lonely moor, Though thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest, and... | |
 | S. Waring - 1827 - 122 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1832 - 206 Seiten
...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...whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er the lonely moor; Though thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure ; Both valour's crest and... | |
 | 1838 - 286 Seiten
...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...whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er the lonely moor : Though thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure ; Both valour's crest and... | |
 | 702 Seiten
...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 o'er the lonely moor, Though thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure." And as I looked, first on... | |
 | George William Francis - 1839 - 236 Seiten
...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...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... | |
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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 hart, Their... 
