 | Book - 1847 - 206 pages
...a beauteous sisterhood? Alas ! they all arc in their graves ; the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds with the fair and good of ours....wind-flower and the violet, they perish'd long ago, And the wild rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow ; But on the hill the golden-rod, and the aster... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...a beauteous sisterhood 1 Alas ! they all are in their graves ; the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds with the fair and good of ours....wind-flower and the violet, they perish'd long ago. And the wild rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow ; But on the hill the golden-rod, and the aster... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...sisterhood ? Alas ! they all are in their graves,— a gentle race of flowers Are tying in their lonely beds, with the fair and good of ours : The rain is...wind-flower and the violet, they perish'd long ago, And the briar-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow; But on the hill the golden rod, and the aster... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 520 pages
...airs, a beauteous sisterhood ? Alas! they all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds, with the fair and good of ours....lovely ones again. The wind-flower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow; But on the hill the... | |
 | 1848 - 650 pages
...they ? dead ! all dead. Alas ! they all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers, Are lying in their lowly beds with the fair and good of ours....lovely ones again. The Wind-flower and the Violet, they perished long ago, And the Briar-rose and the Orchis died amid the Summer's glow ; But on the hill... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 456 pages
...sisterhood ? Alas! thev all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly bed?, with the fair and good of ours. The rain is falling...but the cold November rain Calls not, from out the gioomy earth, the lovely ones again. The wind-flower and the violet, they perish'd long ago, And the... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...A beauteous sisterhood 1 Alas ! they all are in their graves; The gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds, With the fair and good of ours....from out the gloomy earth The lovely ones again. The wall-flower and the violet, They perished long ago, And the brier-rose and the orchis'died Amid the... | |
 | M. A. H. - 1849 - 160 pages
...a beauteous sisterhood ? Alas ! they all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds, with the fair and good of ours....lovely ones again. The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the wild-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow ; But on the hill the... | |
 | 1849 - 854 pages
...lying in their lowly bed, With the fair and gooil of ours. The rain is falling where they lie, But cold November rain Calls not from out the gloomy earth The lovely ones again. The wild flower and the violet, They perished long ago, And the wild rose and the orchis died Amid the... | |
 | 1845 - 586 pages
...beauteous sisterhood ? ****** The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the wildrose and the orchis died amid the summer glow, But on the hill the golden rod, and the osier in the wood, And the yellow sunflower, by the brook, in autumn beauty stood,... | |
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Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers, that lately sprang and stood In brighter light and softer airs, a beauteous sisterhood ? Alas ! they all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds with the fair and good... 
