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" Our outward life requires them not ; Then wherefore had they birth ? — To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth. To comfort man, — to whisper hope Whene'er his faith is dim ; For who so careth for the flowers Will much more care for him !... "
The Harp and the Cross: A Collection of Religious Poetry - Page 12
by Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch - 1861 - 348 pages
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Accepted Addresses; Or, Proemium Poetarum: To which are Added, Macbeth ...

1813 - 410 pages
...light, All fashioned with supremest grace, Upspringing day and night,— Springing in valleys green and low, And on the mountains high, And in the silent...Where no man passes by? Our outward life requires them not,Then wherefore had they birth? To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth; To comfort man,...
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Wild flowers and their teachings

Wild flowers - 1845 - 110 pages
...rooms ? Yet so has God dealt with us ? Surely flowers are the smiles of His goodness! WlLBERFORCE. OUR outward life requires them not, Then wherefore...careth for the flowers, Will much more care for him ! YELLOW PIMPERNEL. SEE within the bushy dell, Half hid, the yellow Pimpernel, Beside the moss-grown...
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Forget me not; a Christmas and new year's present. (Ed. by F. Shoberl).

1837 - 396 pages
...rainbow-light ; All fashioned with supremest grace, Upspringing day and night : Springing in valleys green and low, And on the mountains high, And in the silent...no man passes by ? Our outward life requires them notThen wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth ; To comfort man...
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The botanic garden; representations of hardy ornamental ..., Volumes 1-2

Benjamin Maund - 1824 - 846 pages
...light ; And fashtnn'd with supremest grace, Uprising day and night ; Springing in valleys green and low, And on the mountains high, And in the silent...— to whisper hope Whene'er his faith is dim ; For whoso careth for the flowers. VERMILLION CUPHEA. Clots. Order. DODECANDRIA. MONOGYNI*. Natural Order....
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British Phænogamous Botany;: Or, Figures and Descriptions of the ..., Volume 3

William Baxter - 1837 - 340 pages
...rainbow-light, Л11 fashioned with supremest grace, Up-springing day and night. Springing in valleys green and low, And on the mountains high, And in the silent wilderness, Where no man passeth by. Our outward life requires them not : Then, wherefore had they birth 1 To minister delight...
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British Phænogamous Botany;: Or, Figures and Descriptions of the ..., Volume 3

William Baxter - 1837 - 342 pages
...valleys green and low, And on the mountains high, And in the silent wilderness, Where no man passeth by. Our outward life requires them not : Then, wherefore had they birth 1 To minister delight to man, — To beautify the earth : To comfort man, to whisper hope, Whene'er...
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The Moral and Intellectual School Book: Containing Instructions for Reading ...

William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...rainbow-light, All fashioned with supremest grace Upspringing day and night : — Springing in valleys green and low, And on the mountains high, And in the silent...? — To minister delight to man, To beautify the ewth ; To comfort man — to whisper hope, When'er his faith is dim, For who so careth for the flowers...
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 18

1838 - 444 pages
...made, All dyed with rainbow light, All fashioned with supremest grace, Upspringing day and night ? Our outward life requires them not ; Then, wherefore had they birth ? To minister to man delight, To beautify the earth. To comfort man, to whisper hope, Whene'er his faith is dim ;...
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volume 16

460 pages
...Like the look of affection from those we love. 268 FLOWERS. FLOWERS. " Wherefore had they birth 1— To minister delight to man — To beautify the earth — To comfort man — ta whisper hope ' Whene'er his faith is dim : For He who caretk for the flowers Will care much...
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Birds and Flowers and Other Country Things

Mary Botham Howitt - 1839 - 222 pages
...light, All fashioned with supremest grace Upspringing day and night r — Springing in valleys green and low, And on the mountains high, And in the silent...for the flowers Will much more care for him ! THE CARRION CROW. ON a splintered bough sits the Carrion Crow, And first he croaks loud and then he croaks...
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