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...hee. 24 THE WILD ROSE AND THE SNOWDROP The Snowdrop is the prophet of the flowers; It lives and dies upon its bed of snows; And like a thought of spr... ...s being meant: Divided not by months that intervene, But linked by all the flowers that bud between. Forever smiling thro’ its season brief, The one i... ...assing hours T o the ever-present sky; – Weep—and let the showers Wake thy flowers. Sing of glories gone:- No more the blazoned fold From the banner i... ...th, And virtuous culture unto youth! Youth! in whose season let abound All flowers and fruits that strew the ground, Voluptuous joy where love consent... ...e: Ancestral oak, broad-foliaged elm, Rich meadows sunned and starred with flowers, The cottage breathing tender smoke Against the brooding golden air... ... Of Darkness whirled her away, On a reaped afternoon of the year, Nigh the poppy-droop of Day. 202 O and naked of her, all dust, The majestic Mother ... ...may meet Behind suborned battalions, ranked as wheat Where peeps the weedy poppy, him of the sea; Earth’s power to baffle Ocean’s power resume; Victor...

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...pa used to look up from the loom, where he was embroidering beautiful silk flowers, and say, “Angel! she belongs to the Babylonish scarlet woman.” Bon... ...lery, and before which stretched the garden-terrace, where, how- ever, the flowers grew again which the boots of the Roundheads had trodden in their a... ...dants would have him sit for ever, whilst they adore him, and ply him with flowers, and hymns, and incense, and flattery;—so, after a few years of his... ...herself: that dream of love is over as everything else is over in life; as flowers and fury, and griefs and pleasures, are over. V ery likely the Lady... ...books, es- pecially books of poetry, as in a walk she would spy out field- flowers and make posies of them, such as no other hand could. She was a cri... ...he wits of the present period,) that when jealousy is once de- clared, nor poppy, nor mandragora, nor all the drowsy syrups of the East, will ever soo...

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...iated from a central fountain, and left spaces between, where a few summer flowers still lingered, and the remains of others showed what their past gl... ... fairy tale, or caricaturing a popu- lar fable here a beauteous festoon of flowers and fruit, emu- lating nature in all save colour; and on the work-t... ...rn of the henbane. The 10 The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest starred cap of the poppy was actually being shaped under the tool, copied from a green capsule... ...d himself into her apartment, though now and then he came to the door with flowers, with mountain strawberries, and once with two young doves. “Take t... ... was a glori- ous sparkling Easter Day, lovely blue sky above, herbage and flowers glistening below, snow dazzling in the hollows, peas- ants assembli... ...ith the cross above and her own patron saint below in carved wood, and the flowers which the good aunt had ever kept as a freshly renewed offer- ing, ...

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...himney stack and gesticulated with stiff tendrils towards the heavens. Its flowers were vivid yellow splashes, distinctly visible as separate specks t... ...once smiled under the golden harvest, how the hedges, full of sweet little flowers, parted the modest portion of this man from that, how the ruddy far... ... tabernacular beauty about their meetings, and the stars were no more than flowers of light beneath the feet of their love, and the dawn and sunset th... ...eadow grass from Cheasing Eyebright, and on the desk there lay three empty poppy heads as big as hats. The curtain rods were grass stems. And the trem...

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...r day for Roads, so I know the reference; but you will find it a garden of flowers from beginning to end. All through the passion keeps steadily risin... ...een for ever; perfect climate; per- fect shapes of men and women, with red flowers in their hair; and nothing to do but to study oratory and etiquette... ...y the light of a seven o’clock candle, with the dismal seven o’clock frost-flowers all over the window. Show Stephen what you please; if you could sho... ...nd there a herd of cattle, a yellow butterfly or two; a patch of wild sun- flowers; a wooden house or two; then a wooden church alone in miles of wast... ...nd being (9 A.M.) very anxious to sleep again. The arms of Porpus, quoi! A poppy gules, etc. From Stobo you can conquer Peebles and Selkirk, or to giv... ...to whose care I will address this. When next I am in Edinburgh I will take flowers, alas! to the West Kirk. Many a long hour we passed in graveyards, ...

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...nsieur, who is thought to be in opposition, is met with vivats and strewed flowers; Monseigneur, on the 80 The French Revolution: V ol. One other han... ...owder-Magazine, and saved Paris. De Launay, ‘discovered in gray frock with poppy-coloured riband, ’ is for killing himself with the sword of his cane.... ...u, p. 305.) Workers and onlookers make reverent way for him; fling verses, flowers on his path, Bastille-papers and curiosities into his carriage, wit...

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...ieur, who is thought to be in op- position, is met with vivats and strewed flowers; Monseigneur, on the other hand, with silence; with murmurs, which ... ...owder-Magazine, and saved Paris. De Launay, ‘discovered in gray frock with poppy-coloured riband,’ is for killing himself with the sword of his cane. ... ... p. 305.) Workers and on- lookers make reverent way for him; fling verses, flowers on his path, Bastille-papers and curiosities into his carriage, wit... ...tional Dragoons, known to them of old,—do enter, amid shouts and scattered flowers. To the joy of all honest persons; to the terror only of Jourdan He... ...men strove for their Republic, let readers fancy. The snows of Winter, the flowers of Summer con- tinue to be stained with warlike blood. Gaelic impet... ...hes, frizzled and powdered to perfection, bearing in his hand a bouquet of flowers and wheat-ears, issues proudly from the Convention Hall; Convention...

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...pa used to look up from the loom, where he was embroidering beautiful silk flowers, and say, “Angel! she belongs to the Babylonish scarlet woman.” Bon... ...lery, and before which stretched the garden-terrace, where, how- ever, the flowers grew again which the boots of the Roundheads had trodden in their a... ...dants would have him sit for ever, whilst they adore him, and ply him with flowers, and hymns, and incense, and flattery;—so, after a few years of his... ...herself: that dream of love is over as everything else is over in life; as flowers and fury, and griefs and pleasures, are over. V ery likely the Lady... ...books, es- pecially books of poetry, as in a walk she would spy out field- flowers and make posies of them, such as no other hand could. She was a cri... ...he wits of the present period,) that when jealousy is once de- clared, nor poppy, nor mandragora, nor all the drowsy syrups of the East, will ever soo...