 ... to their cool roots could pierce ; For the fern threw her shadow the green moss upon. Where the dew ever sparkled undried by the sun ; When the graceful fern trembled before the keen blast. The moss guarded her roots till the stormwind had passed...  British ferns and mosses - Page 54by British ferns - 1861Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 884 pages
...fern trembled before the keen blast, The moss guarded her roots till the storm wind had passed, 80 no longer the wind parch'd the roots of the one, And...the mosses lie sparkling below ; And thus they both flourish where nought grew before, And both deck the woodland, the mountain, and moor. COOK. THE CONTENTED... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 pages
...keen blast, The moss guarded her roots till the storm-wind had passed ; So no longer the wind parched the roots of the one, And the other was safe from the rays of the sun. And thus, and forever, where'er the ferns grow, There surely the mosses lie sparkling below ; And thus they both... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1860 - 464 pages
...keen blast, The moss guarded her roots till the storm-wind had passed : So no longer the wind parched the roots of the one, And the other was safe from...And both deck the woodland, the mountain, and moor." LANOCROFT, 15th August. MY DEAR Miss MORRIS, — You kindly asked me to write when we were somewhat... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 pages
...keen blast, The moss guarded her roots till the storm-wind had passed ; So no longer the wind parched the roots of the one, And the other was safe from the rays of the sun. 5. And thus, and forever, where'er the ferns grow, There surely the mosses lie sparkling below ; And... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 pages
...keen blast, The moss guarded her roots till the storm-wind had passed ; So no longer the wind parched the roots of the one, And the other was safe from the rays of the son. And thus, and forever, where'er the ferns grow, There surely the mosses lie sparkling below ;... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1897 - 940 pages
...keen blast, The moss guarded her roots till the storm-wind had passed ; So no longer the wind parched the roots of the one, And the other was safe from the rays of the sun. And thus, and forever, where'er the ferns grow, There surely the mosses lie sparkling below ; And thus they both... | |
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