 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 Seiten
...with disdain, Appealed to many a poet's page To prove her right to reign. The Lily's height hespoke command, A fair imperial flower ; She seemed designed...Flora's hand, The sceptre of her power. This civil hickering and dehate The goddess chanced to hear, And flew to save, ere yet too late, The pride of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 Seiten
...a thousand dangers at her call, And, trusting in bis God, surmounts them all THE LILY AND THE ROSE. THE nymph must lose her female friend, If more admired...Flora's hand, The sceptre of her power. This civil bick'ring and debate The goddess chanced to hear, And flew to save, ere yet too late, The pride of... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - 1832 - 366 Seiten
...LILY AND THE ROSE. The LILY'S height bespoke command, A fair imperial flower ; She seem'd design 'd for Flora's hand, The sceptre of her power. This civil bickering and debate, The goddess chanc'd to hear ; And flew to save, ere yet too late, The pride of the parterre. " Yours is," she said,... | |
 | Epictetus, Samuel Croxall, John Gay, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Jean de La Fontaine, Ignacy Krasicki, James Merrick, Charles Denis, John Tapner - 1832 - 388 Seiten
...many a poet's page, The LILY'S height bespoke command, A fair imperial flower ; She seem'd design 'd for Flora's hand, The sceptre of her power. This civil bickering and debate, The goddess chanc'd to hear ; And flew to save, ere yet too late, The pride of the parterre. " Yours is," she said,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 432 Seiten
...her right to reign. The lily's height bespoke command. A fair, imperial flower ; She seemM design'd for Flora's hand, The sceptre of her power. This civil...And flew to save, ere yet too late, The pride of the parlerre. " Yours is," she said, " the nobler hue. And yours the statelier mien ; • • And, till... | |
 | 1839 - 320 Seiten
...queen, The Lily and the Rose. The Rose soon reddened into rage, And swelling with disdain, Appeal«! to many a poet's page, To prove her right to reign....bickering and debate The goddess chanced to hear. And flew te save, ere yet too late, The pride of her parterre ; 1 Yuurs is, she said, a nubler hue, And yours... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 350 Seiten
...to reign. ^" " .,' The Lily's height bespoke command, A fair imperial flower ; She seem'd design'd for Flora's hand, The sceptre of her power. This civil bickering and debate T ,' , The goddess chanced to hear ; And flew to save, ere yet too late, The pride of the parterre.... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 202 Seiten
...stood, the loveliest of her kind. THE FOURTH CLASS KEADER. X.—THE LILY AND THE ROSE. FROM COWPER. WITHIN the garden's peaceful scene, Appeared two lovely...save, ere yet too late, The pride of the parterre, f " Tours is," she said, " the nobler hue, And yours the statelier mien ; And, till a third surpasses... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 252 Seiten
...Appealed to many a poet's page THE FOURTH READER. 3. The Lily's height bespoke3 command, A fair, imperial4 flower; She seemed designed for Flora's* hand, The sceptre of her power. 4. This civil bickering5 and debate The goddess chanced to hear, And flew to save, ere yet too late,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 Seiten
...her right to reign. The Lily's height bespoke command, a fair imperial flow'r ; she seem'd design'd for Flora's hand, the sceptre of her power. This civil bickering and debate the goddess chanc'd to hear, and flew to save, ere yet too late, the pride of the parterre : 'Yours is" she said... | |
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Appealed to many a Poet's page, To prove her right to reign. The Lily's height bespoke command ; A fair imperial flower, She seemed designed for FLORA'S hand, The sceptre of her power ! This civil bick'ring and debate The Goddess chanced to hear ; And... 
