 TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. THOU blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and frosty night. Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines,...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 311835Full view - About this book
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 396 pages
...are bare and birds are flown, And frosts and shortening days portend The aged year is near its end. " Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen ; Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. " Then doth thy sweet and... | |
 | 1887 - 458 pages
...burden behind us. SMILES. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. THOU blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the...violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines in purple drest Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st... | |
 | 1904 - 762 pages
...the park is the land and home of the gentian. " Thou blossom bright with autumn dew And covered with heaven's own blue. That openest when the quiet light...violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines In purple dressed Nod o'er the ground bird's nest. Thou waltest late and com'st alone.... | |
 | 1887 - 356 pages
...only to a few, "The Fringed Gentian " is found. " Thou blossom bright, with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and frosty night I " Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...beautiful and young. 1828. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. rpIIOU blossom bright with autumn dew, -*- And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the...violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st... | |
 | Bertha Johnston, E. Lyell Earle - 1892 - 626 pages
...fringes are just the color of the sky now. Sometimes we see the sky bluer even than it is to-day." " That openest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and frosty night." "Was there any frost last night?" " It looked almost like frost on the sidewalk." "It was cold last... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, W. B. Powell - 1890 - 522 pages
...courage, and says : — 22. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. Thou blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the...violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 416 pages
...GENTIAN. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. THOU-blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heavens' own blue, That openest, when the quiet light Succeeds...violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple drest, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late, and com'st... | |
 | James Vila Blake - 1890 - 376 pages
...synthetizes, in his poem " To the Fringed Gentian:" Thou blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the...and frosty night, Thou comest not when violets lean Or columbines, in purple dressed, O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Nod o'er the ground-bird's... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 460 pages
...should perish with the flowers. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN. THOU blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the...frosty night, — Thou comest not. when violets lean O'erwanderingbrooksandsprings unseen, Or columbines, in purple drest, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden... | |
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