| Language - 1877 - 316 Seiten
...lines, with a description of several flowers, which we must certainly entwine in our June wreath. " Here Thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war ; Here Poppies, nodding, mock the hopes of toil j Here the tall Bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy... | |
| Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 Seiten
...withered cars ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted eye : There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And...soil. Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The elimy mallow waves her silky leaf ; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping... | |
| Henry Gardiner Adams - 1878 - 364 Seiten
...with a description of several flowers, which we must certainly entwine in our June 'wreath : ' Here thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war ; Here poppies, nodding, mock the hopes of toil; Here the tall bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 Seiten
...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weed-, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; Their poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 Seiten
...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted...soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 Seiten
...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted...soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the charlock throws a shade, And clasping tares... | |
| Charles Knight - 1880 - 1254 Seiten
...burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its wither' d ears J Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...poppies nodding mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bujjloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 632 Seiten
...waves its withered ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and '•ob the blighted rye : There thistles stretch their prickly...poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugtoss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy mallow waves her... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 Seiten
...of burning sand appears, Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weed-, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land, and rob the blighted...prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war ; Their poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the'blne bngloss paints the sturile soil ; Hardy... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 Seiten
...appears. Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears ; Rank weed-, that every art and care defy, Reijrn o'er the land, and rob the blighted rye : There thistles...arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; Their poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil ; There the blue bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy... | |
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