 Hang motionless upon their upright staves. The sky is hot and hazy, and the wind, Wing-weary with its long flight from the south, Unfelt ; yet, closely scanned, yon maple leaf With faintest motion, as one stirs in dreams, 10 Confesses it.  Nature's Diary - Page 21by Francis Henry Allen - 1897 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1893 - 482 pages
...apparently to his mind either narrative or legendary : " Along the roadside, like the flowers of gold The tawny Incas for their gardens wrought, Heavy with sunshine droops the golden-rod, Add the red- pennons of the cardinal-flowers Hang motionless upon their upright staves. The sky is... | |
 | 1868 - 784 pages
...BEARCAMP WATER. ALONG the roadside, like the flowers of gold That tawny Incus in their gardens grew, Heavy with sunshine droops the golden-rod, And the...upright staves. The sky is hot and hazy, and the wind, \Ving-weary with its long flight from the south, Unfelt ; yet, closely scanned, yon maple leaf With... | |
 | 1880 - 996 pages
...: milk-weed, rag-weed and golden-rod ; but who would miss the latter from our fields and highways ? "Along the roadside, like the flowers of gold That...wrought, Heavy with sunshine droops the golden-rod," sings Whittier. In Europe our golden-rod is cultivated in the flower-gardens, as well it might be.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 506 pages
...droops the golden-rod, And the red pennons of the cardinalfln we rs Hang motionless npon their npright staves. The sky is hot and hazy, and the wind, Wing-weary with its long flight from the sonth, Unfelt ; yet, closely scanned, yon maple leaf With faintest motion, as one stirs in dreams,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 316 pages
...THIS LITTLE VOLUME, DESCRIPTIVE OF SCENES WITH WHICH SHE IS FAMILIAR, 18 GRATBFULLY OFFERED. PRELUDE. ALONG the roadside, like the flowers of gold That...flight from the south, Unfelt ; yet, closely scanned, you maple leaf With faintest motion, as one stirs in dreams, Confesses it. Tue locuät by the wall... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 418 pages
...FIELDS THIS LITTLE VOLUME, DESCRIPTIVE OP SCENES WITH WHICH SHE IS FAMILIAR, IS GRATEFULLY OFFERED. ALONG the roadside, like the flowers of gold That...hot and hazy, and the wind, Wing-weary with its long night from the south, Unfelt ; yet, closely scanned, yon maple leaf With faintest motion, as one stirs... | |
 | 1877 - 468 pages
...hour." The poet Whittier paints in glowing words the flowers that blossom between summer and fall: "Along the road-side, like the flowers of gold That...their gardens wrought, Heavy with sunshine, droops the goldeu-rod; And the red pennons of the cardinal-flower ilaug motionless upon their upright staves."... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 580 pages
...THIS LITTLE VOLUME, DESCRIPTIVE OF SCENES WITH WHICH SHE 18 1 AUII.mi, 18 GRATEFULLY OFFERED. ALOSO the roadside, like the flowers of gold That tawny...wind, Wing-weary with its long flight from the south, Vnfelt ; yet, closely scanned, yon maple leaf With faintest motion, as one stirs in dreams, Confesses... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 556 pages
...ffllTta ILtttU Unlnme, OF SCENES WITH WHICH SHE I\ a GRATEFULLY OFFERED. AMONG THE HILLS. PRELUDE. ALONG the roadside, like the flowers of gold That tawny Incas for their gardens Heavy with sunshine droops the golden-rod, And the red pennons of the cardinalflowers Hang motionless... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 480 pages
...gardens wrought, Heavy with sunshine droops the golden-rod, And the red pennons of the cardinal-flowers 5 Hang motionless upon their upright staves. The sky...leaf With faintest motion, as one stirs in dreams, I0 Confesses it. The locust hy the wall Stabs the noon-silence with his sharp alarm. A single hay-cart... | |
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