 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
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 pages
...blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, That openest when the >Iuiet light Succeeds the keen and frosty night, — Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooksand springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple drest, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou... | |
 | JOHN BIGELOW - 1890 - 456 pages
...For seats of innocence and rest! " The " Fringed Gentian" preaches to him of Hope and Immortality. lt 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. " Thou waitest late and com'st... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...beauteous race the last. BRYANT — November. 6 Thou blossom! bright with autumn dew, And colour'd Act III. Sc. 1. L. 42. 22 He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural. Twelfth Night BRYANT — To the Fringed Gentian. 1 Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...flower. 5* 1786. Philif Fretua*. 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... | |
 | Alban Bertram De Mille - 1923 - 552 pages
...perish with the flowers. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN 10 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 15 O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's... | |
 | Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 pages
...was not gained until 1829. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN* THOU blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored t shines through us upon things and makes us aware...the light is all. A man is the facade of a temple Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 616 pages
...TREES TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN William Cullen Bryant 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... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - 1926 - 412 pages
...(Written at the age of eight) 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. 1 Reprinted by permission... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1926 - 1162 pages
...wilderness alone. 1832. 1833. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN Thou blossom bright with autumn devj, And colored with the heaven's own blue. That openest when the...and frosty night. Thou comest not when violets lean S O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's... | |
 | Bliss Carman - 1927 - 714 pages
...lead my steps aright. 15. 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... | |
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