 | 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
...desart 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...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... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - 1823 - 386 Seiten
...thou art ! 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...perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest and beauty's bower, Oft hast thou deck'd, a favourite flower. 186 Flower of the wild... | |
 | Benjamin Maund - 1824 - 636 Seiten
...though 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
...desart 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...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
...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. * With that he shook the gather'd heath, And spread his plaid upon the wreath; And the brave foemen,... | |
 | 1832 - 206 Seiten
...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...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
...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...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... | |
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For thee the brake and tangled 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,... 
