 | 1863
...for evermore. 'Tis heaven ! 'tis heaven I Yes, heaven is the prize ! THE USE OF FLOWERS. Mary Howitt. GOD might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree, and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all. He might have made enough, enough - For every... | |
 | 1907 - 912 pages
...in spite of myself — no doubt it was the heat — I kept thinking of such lines as these : — " God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, And not a flower at all." The woman laughed. "Who would have thought of... | |
 | Illinois State Horticultural Society - 1883 - 432 pages
...the weary heart Turns in its dim despair. The meek-eyed blossom upward looks Inviting it to prayer. God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for...tree and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all. Then wherefore had they birth? • * * * * * To comfort man, to whisper hope Whene'er his laith was... | |
 | Indiana Horticultural Society - 1903 - 316 pages
...nature. We can not be too thankful for the refining and blessed influence they wield in the human heart. "God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, i, The oak tree and the cedar tree Without a flower at all." OUTBUILDINGS FOR THE ORNAMENTAL HOME.... | |
 | 1970 - 92 pages
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 | Adam W. Sweeting - 1996 - 252 pages
...reprinted examples such as the following "homily" from "that pure and eloquent preacher, Mary Howitt": God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for...tree and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all. Our outward life requires them not— Then where had they birth? To minister delight to man, To beautify... | |
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God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all. 
