The ferns were the rich and the mosses the poor ; And the glad breeze blew gaily — from heaven it came — And the fragrance it shed over each was the same ; And the warm sun shone brightly, and gilded the fern, And smiled on the lowly-born moss in... British ferns and mosses - Page 53by British ferns - 1861Full view - About this book
| 1849 - 884 pages
...each was the same; And the warm sun shone brightly, and gilded the fern, And smiled on the lowly born moss in its turn; And the cool dews of night on the...glisten'd upon the green mosses as well, And the fern lov'd the mountain, the moss lov'd the moor, For the ferns were the rich, and the mosses the poor.... | |
| Margaret Maria Gordon - 1860 - 464 pages
...the profit of the earth is for all : the king himself is served by the field." — ECCLES. v. 9. " There was fern on the mountain, and moss on the moor,...dews of night on the mountain-fern fell, And they glistened upon the green mosses as well ; And the fern loved the mountain, the moss loved the moor,... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 pages
...lowly-born moss in its turn ; And the cool dews of night on the mountain fern fell, And they glistened upon the green mosses as well. And the fern loved...the ferns were the rich, and the mosses the poor. 2. But the keen blast blew bleakly, the sun waxed high, And the ferns they were broken, and withered,... | |
| Phineas Garrett - 1897 - 940 pages
...lowly-born moss in its turn ; And the cool dews of night on the mountain fern fell, And they glistened upon the green mosses as well. And the fern loved...moss loved the moor, For the ferns were the rich, ami the mosses the poor. But the keen blast blew bleakly, the sun waxed high. And the ferns they were... | |
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