SPAKE full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine. Stars they are, wherein we read our history, As astrologers and seers of eld... Garden Walks with the Poets - Page 181854Full view - About this book
| 1871 - 314 pages
...but remember only Such as these have lived and died ! FLOWERS. SPAKE full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,...and manifold as wondrous, God hath written in those stars above ; Bright and glorious is that revelation, Written all over this great world of ours ; Making... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 656 pages
...but remember only Such as these have lived and died ! FLOWERS. SPAKE full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,...history, As astrologers and seers of eld ; Yet not wrappcil about with awful mystery, Like the burning stars, which they beheld. Wondrous truths, and... | |
| James Baird - 1871 - 242 pages
...glories of yellow calceolarias, scarlet geraniums, petunias, salvias, heliotropes, and others of ' the flowers so blue and golden ; stars that in earth's firmament do shine.' A more delightful lounge for the invalid can hardly be found anywhere. So skilfully are the groups... | |
| 1871 - 438 pages
...following stanza : " Spake full well in language quaint and olden One who dwellethby the castled rhino When he called the flowers so blue and golden Stars that in earths firmament do shine." —Wilson's Int. Third Header, p. 238. I. Express the same thoughts in... | |
| Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 376 pages
...original poetry, was issued. FLOWERS. FROM "VOICES OF THE NIGHT." SPAKE full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,...and manifold as wondrous, God hath written in those stars above; But not less in the bright flowerets under us Stands the revelation of his love. Bright... | |
| Literary bouquet - 1872 - 180 pages
...any of His creatures as a thousand years. The Spectator. FLOWERS. SPAKE full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,...and manifold as wondrous, God hath written in those stars above; But not less in the bright flowerets under us Stands the revelation of His love. Bright... | |
| 1872 - 710 pages
...should perish with William Cullen Bryant. 1339. FLOWERS, Emblems, Spake full well, in language quaint ughts wont to roam, from shade onward to shade, Destruction before me, and wondrots, God hath written in those stars above ; But not less in the bright flow'rets under ua Stands... | |
| 1898 - 682 pages
...School. Queen May and Her Flowers. (A game for Friday afternoon.) Spake full well, la language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,...golden, Stars that in earth's firmament do shine. » * * Wondrous truths, and manifold as wondrous, God has written in those stars above; Bot not less... | |
| 1898 - 446 pages
...taught us some of the most subtle and significant lessons of life. "Spake full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,...golden, Stars that in earth's firmament do shine. Everywhere about us are they glowing — Some like stars to tell us Spring is born; Others, their blue... | |
| 1901 - 756 pages
...appear later in t'.:e discussion of those branches of our subject. Spake full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine,...golden, Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine. — Longfellow. 68 7 TERN PLATE. >N \ AH illustrations from photographic studies made in the Japanese... | |
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