 And straight she held before the monarch's view, • In either hand, a radiant wreath of flowers ; The one, bedecked with every charming hue, Was newly culled from Nature's choicest bowers ; The other, no less fair in every part, Was the rare product...  The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe - Page 333by John Godfrey Saxe - 1873 - 491 pagesFull view - About this book
 | A.P. Beresford, Alexander Dedekind, Andrew Jameson, Auguste de Saint-Hilaire, Benjamin Kidd, Bouffier de Sauvages, Charles Bucke, Edward Latham Ormerod, Esq. Thomas Hale, George Hubbard, Harry Wallis Kew, Herbert S. Shorthouse, I. Hopkins, James Caldwell, James Cavanah Murphy, Lippi, M.M.M., T. Slevan, Thorsley, Travers James Briant, William Carr, William Dunbar, William Hyde Wollaston - 1820 - 474 pages
...piercing eye, And so the queen had come — a royal guest — To put the sage's cunning to the test. And straight she held before the monarch's view, In...charming hue, Was newly culled from Nature's choicest bow«rs : The other, no less fair in every part, Was the product of divinest art. " Which is the true,... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 pages
...piercing eye ; And so the Queen had come — a royal guest — To put the sage's " cunning to the test. 4. And straight she held before the monarch's view, In...flowers ; The one, bedecked with every charming hue, 1 Horace Binney Wallace, an brew laws, traditions, and explanaAmerican lawyer and author, was tions,... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1871 - 342 pages
...teach In pleasing proverbs ; and she wished, in sooth, To know if Humor sjwjke the simple truth. 111. And straight she held before the monarch's view, In...every part, Was the rare product of divinest Art. "Which is the true, and which the false?" she said. Great Solomon was silent. All amazed, Each wondering... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1873 - 324 pages
...teach In pleasing proverbs; and she wished, in sooth, To know if Rumor spoke the simple truth. iIl. And straight she held before the monarch's view, In...newly culled from Nature's choicest bowers; The other, 110 less fair in every part, Was the rare product of divinest Art. IV. " Which is the true, and which... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 pages
...piercing eye ; And so the Queen had come— a royal guest — To put the sage's " cunning to the test. 4. And straight she held before the monarch's view, In...flowers ; The one, bedecked with every charming hue, 1 Horace Binney Wallace, an brew laws, traditions, and explanaAmerican lawyer and author, was tions,... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 pages
...piercing eye ; And so the Queen had come — a royal guest — To put the sage's 6 cunning to the test. 4. And straight she held before the monarch's view, In...radiant wreath of flowers ; The one, bedecked with cVery charming hue, 1 Horace Binney Wallace, an brew laws, traditions, and explanaAmerican lawyer and... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 346 pages
...Paris, Dec. 16, 1852. pride of ; offended. s TaTmud, the body of the He- 6 Safee, a wise man. Wa§ newly culled from Nature's choicest bowers ; The other, no less fair in every part, Was the rare pr6duct l of divineist Art. 5. " Which is the true, and which the false ? " she said. Great Solomon... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 444 pages
...piercing eye ; And so the Queen had come — a royal guest — To put the sage's cunning to the test. 4. And straight she held before the monarch's view, In...every part, Was the rare product of divinest Art. 5. " Which is the true, and which the false ? " she said. Great Solomon was silent. All amazed, Each... | |
 | New reader - 1879 - 330 pages
...word; What wholesome lessons he was wont to teach In pleasing proverbs;- and she wished, in sooth, And straight she held before the monarch's view, In...choicest bowers ; The other, no less fair in every jpart, Was the rare product of divmest Art. i " Which is the true, and which the false ? " she said.... | |
 | James Martin (of the Wedgwood inst, Burslem) - 1880 - 232 pages
...piercing eye ; And so the queen had come—a royal guest— To put the sage's cunning to the test. 4. And straight she held before the monarch's view In...every part, Was the rare product of divinest Art. 5. "Which is the true, and which the false?" she said. Great Solomon was silent. All amazed, Each wondering... | |
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