 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 !...  Wild Flowers - Page 130by Anne Pratt - 1853Full view - About this book
 | 1813 - 410 pages
...made, All dyed with 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 wilderness, Where no man passes by? Our outward life requires them not,Then wherefore had they birth? To minister delight to... | |
 | 1837 - 396 pages
...made, All dyed with 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 wilderness, Where no man passes by ? Our outward life requires them notThen wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight to... | |
 | Benjamin Maund - 1824 - 846 pages
...they made, All dyed with rainbow 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 wilderness, Where no man passes by * Our outward life requires them not — Then wherefore had they birth » To minister delight... | |
 | William Baxter - 1837 - 340 pages
...made, All dyed with rainbow-light, Л11 fashioned with supremest grace, Up-springing day and night. Springing in valleys green and low, And on the mountains...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... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...made, AH dyed with 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 wilderness Where no man passes by ? Our outward life requires them not — Then wherefore had they birth ? — To minister... | |
 | 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 ;... | |
 | M. S. - 1839 - 194 pages
...made, All dyed with 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 wilderness Where no man passes by. Our outward life requires them not — Then wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1839 - 452 pages
...they made, And dyed with 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 wilderness, Where no man passes by? To minister delight to man; To beautify the earth; To comfort man — to whisper hope, Whene'er... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1839 - 222 pages
...made, All dyed with rainbow 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 wilderness Where no man passes by ? Our outward life requires them not — Then wherefore had they birth ? — To minister... | |
 | 1839 - 498 pages
...they are all equally wonderfully made, and every where placed — " Springing in valley» preen ;md low, And on the mountains high; And in the .silent wilderness, Where -uo man pluses by." And why did he make flowers? Flowers arc not necessary to our life ; we could live... | |
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