And the good Nokomis answered : " 'Tis the heaven of flowers you see there ; All the wild flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us. The Fox Third Reader - Page 75by Florence Cornelia Fox - 1919 - 211 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1855 - 676 pages
...Nukomis answered: 'Tie the heaven of flowers yon tee there ; All the wild llowiTB of the foroet, Ali the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, ISlogeom in that heaven abov« us.' " The following circumstance occurred in a village' clrarch in... | |
| George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Jacobs Peterson, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Robert Taylor Conrad, Joseph Ripley Chandler, Bayard Taylor - 1855 - 632 pages
...the nature of the rainbow, is as good as science could give : " ' 'Tis the heaven of flower^you seo there, All the wild flowers of the forest, All the...and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us.' " When Hiawatha approaches manhood, he learns the story of his mother's wrongs, and his heart burns fiercely... | |
| 1855 - 892 pages
...than her definition of the rainbow, ' ' Tie the heaven of flowers you see there, All the wild-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When...fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us.' His familiarity and sympathy with all living creatures are pregnant liomilies to our young folks. Then... | |
| 1856 - 780 pages
...original with the poet. Little Hiawatha wants to know what the rainbow is, and is answered : " 'Tis the heaven of flowers you see there : All the wild...fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us." lagoo, the boaster, teaches him to hunt; he kills his first deer, and passes from childhood to manhood,... | |
| 1911 - 322 pages
...the eastern sky the rainbow, Whispered, 'What is that, Nokomis?' And the good Nokomis answered: Tis the heaven of flowers you see there. All the wild...prairie. When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom in the world above us'." ..Longfellow. "The little flowers come through the ground, At Easter time, at... | |
| Asaph Bemis Child - 1860 - 244 pages
...who nursed his childhood, — « * * * What is that Nokomis ? And the good Nokomis answered : 'Tis the heaven of flowers you see there ; All the wild...fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us/' All life in the vegetable creation rises up forever, with ever-increasing beauties, and all life in... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...And the good Nokomis answered : " 'Tis the heaven of flowers .you sec there ; I All the wild-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When...earth they fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven ahove us." When he heard the owls at midnight, Hooting, laughing in the forest, "What is that?" he... | |
| Edward Campbell Tainsh - 1867 - 120 pages
...to &o with eclipses, yet he could not help giving them Nokomis' account of the rainbow : — " 'Tis the heaven of flowers you see there, All the wild...fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us." By this time the dark shadow had hegun to creep over the face of the moon, although not until some... | |
| 1867 - 632 pages
...to do with eclipses, yet he could not help giving them Nokomis' account of the rainbow : — " 'Tis the heaven of flowers you see there, All the wild...fade and perish, Blossom in that heaven above us." By this time the dark shadow had begun to creep over the face of the moon, although not jutil some... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 292 pages
..." And the good Nokomis answered : " 'Tis the heaven of flowers you see there ; All the wild-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade aud perish, Blossom in that heaven above us." When he heard the owls at midnight, Hooting, laughing... | |
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