THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado in the... The North American Review - Page 442edited by - 1848Full view - About this book
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1873 - 730 pages
...has i prospect of greater eminence. TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common 8ower, that grow'st beside the wny. Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First...and, full of pride, uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'crjoyed that they An Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 pages
...duty man with listless spirit stands, Ere long the Great Avenger takes the work from out his hands. TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st...beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold, High-hearted buccaneers,... | |
| Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 pages
...for love and wonder. It is certainly one of the poet's very best. DEAR common flower, that growest beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless...High-hearted buccaneers,* o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado t in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth,— thou art... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1876 - 620 pages
...its medical effect ; the fact of its introduction from Europe ; the quotation of the lines, — , " Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold ;" — these would be historical instructions from the same simple flower. Then ask the child to tell... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...duty man with listless spirit stands, Erelong the Great Avenger takes the work from out his hauds. TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st...have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round Hay match in wealth, thon art more dear to me Than all the prouder summer-blooms may be. Gold such... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...life, you then are prized ; thus prized are poets too. WALTI« SAVAOI LAKDOE. TO THE DANDELION. DKAB common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...uphold— High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they Ад Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth !... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 pages
...duty man with listless spirit stands, Erelong the Great Avenger takes the work from out his hands. TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st...and, full of pride uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyeil that they An Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May... | |
| Shirley Hibberd - 1879 - 280 pages
...and more familiar fiower may be properly quoted here as a tail-piece to this miniature essay : — " Dear common flower that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...and full of pride uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoy'd that they An El Dorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May... | |
| Margaret Plues - 1879 - 422 pages
...it, for its seed's sake, " Couronne de pretre." The poet Lowell thus celebrates its praise : — " Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, behold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An El Dorado in the grass have found, Which not... | |
| Choice poems - 1879 - 206 pages
...heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. William Wordsworth: 1770-1850. (See page 52.) TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st...Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge2 of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and full of pride uphold, High-hearted buccaneers,3... | |
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