 | Edward Bradley - 1861 - 470 Seiten
...indeed, derive half their subsistence from the heather: — " Flower of the desert, though thou art ! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and shelter seek from thee." The heather is also "a bed for the hare " no less than for the wild deer.... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 Seiten
...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 food and shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest... | |
 | 1864 - 142 Seiten
...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 food and shelter seek from thee; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thec her choicest sweets.... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1865 - 516 Seiten
...tender buds supply her food ; Her young forsake her downy plumes, Flower of the desert though 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.... | |
 | 1866 - 132 Seiten
...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 food and shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest... | |
 | 1867 - 148 Seiten
...supply her food ; Her young forsake her downy plumes, •™ Flower of the desert though 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.... | |
 | Hitchin Acrostic Club - 1868 - 206 Seiten
...polished as silver, On she goes under fruit-laden trees." 2 " Flower of the desert though thou art! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and shelter seek from thee." 90 ACROSTICS. 3 '"And I could weep,' the Oneyda chief His discant wildly... | |
 | 1869 - 182 Seiten
...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 food or shelter seek from thee; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets.... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 Seiten
...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 food and shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest... | |
 | Floral poesy - 1875 - 360 Seiten
...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 food or shelter seek from thee; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets.... | |
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The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food of shelter seek from thee; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets. Gem of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er the... 
