THE PRIMROSE. THE milk-white blossoms of the thorn Are waving o'er the pool, Moved by the wind that breathes along So sweetly and so cool. The hawthorn clusters bloom above, The primrose hides below, And on the lonely passer-by A modest glance doth throw... Poems by Robert Nicoll - Página 249por Robert Nicoll - 1853 - 304 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 742 páginas
...more." fticoll beautifully depicts the primrose, and its peculiarity of universal diffusion : — " The hawthorn clusters bloom above, The primrose hides below, And on the lonely passer-by A modest glance doth throw. " The humble primrose' bonnie face, I meet it everywhere ; Where... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 páginas
...Then erather a wreath from the garden bowers, And tell the wish of thy heart in flowers. -PERCIVAL. THE PRIMROSE. THE milk-white blossoms of the thorn...above, The primrose hides below, And on the lonely passer-by A modest glance doth throw ! The humble primrose' bonnie face I meet it everywhere ; Where... | |
| Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 páginas
...harmony is playing, round all the green-' arms swaying 'Neath Heaven's arch. From the "Truth Seeker." THE PRIMROSE The milk-white blossoms of the thorn...wind that breathes along So sweetly and so cool. The hawihorn clusters bloom above. The primrose hides below, And on the lonely passer-by, A modest glance... | |
| Miss Colman (Pamela Atkins) - 1850 - 146 páginas
...Praised be thy sunny gleams, And the storm thiit worketh dreams Of calm unfmished. The Primrose. THR milk-white blossoms of the thorn Are waving o'er the...below, And on the lonely passer by A modest glance dolh throw ! The humble primrose's bonnie face I meet it everywhere ; Where other flowers disdain to... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 páginas
...most elaborate compositions, and so much personal kindness." — Turner's Sacred History of the World. THE milk-white blossoms of the thorn Are waving o'er...throw ! The humble primrose' bonnie face I meet it everywhere ; Where other flowers disdain to blow It comes and nestles there. Like God's own light,... | |
| 1855 - 120 páginas
...Forget-me-not. Then gather a wreath from the garden bowers, And tell the wish of thy heart in flowers. PEECIVAL. THE PRIMROSE. THE milk-white blossoms of the thorn...above, The primrose hides below, And on the lonely passer-by A modest glance doth throw ! The humble primrose' bonnie face 1 meet it everywhere ; Where... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 páginas
...most elaborate compositions, and so much personal kindness." — Turner's Sacred History ofthr. World. THE milk-white blossoms of the thorn Are waving o'er...throw ! The humble primrose' bonnie face I meet it everywhere ; Where other flowers disdain to blow It comes and nestles there. Like God's own light,... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 páginas
...expand ; Emblems of our own great resurrection, Emblems of the bright and better land. LONGFELLOW. THE milk-white blossoms of the thorn Are waving o'er...above, The primrose hides below, And on the lonely passer-by A modest glance doth throw ! NICOLL. O FATHER ! Lord ! The All-beneficent ! I bless thy name,... | |
| Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 páginas
...gratitude I raise To Him at whose command I beautify the land, Creeping, silently creeping ever}- where. THE PRIMROSE. THE milk-white blossoms of the thorn...above, The primrose hides below, And on the lonely passer-by A modest glance doth throw ! The humble primrose' bonny face I meet it everywhere ; Where... | |
| Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 páginas
...fact of the profuse occurrence of the primrose ' everywhere ' is dwelt upon by Robert Nicoll : — The milkwhite blossoms of the thorn Are waving o'er...above, The primrose hides below, And on the lonely passer-by A modest glance doth throw ! The humble primrose' bonnie face I meet it everywhere ; Where... | |
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