 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
 | James Madison Watson - 1880 - 352 pages
...Queen had come — a royal guest — To put the sage's 6 cunning to the test. 4. And straight slie held before the monarch's view, In either hand, a...radiant wreath of flowers ; The one, bedecked with every dharming hue, 1 Horar-e Binney Wallace, an brew laws, traditions, and explanaAmerican lawyer and author,... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1880 - 352 pages
...offended. 2 Tal'mud, the body of the He- 6 Sage, a wise man. Wa§ newly culled from Nature's dhoicest bowers ; The other, no less fair in every part, Was the rare product ' of divinest Art. 5. " Whidh is the true, and whidh the false ? " tfhe said. Great Solomon wa§ silent. All amazed, Eadh... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1882 - 338 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...divinest Art. V. " Which is the true, and which the false V " she said. Great Solomon was silent. Allamazed, Each wondering courtier shook his puzzled head,... | |
 | John Godfrey Saxe - 1882 - 278 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...every part, Was the rare product of divinest Art. "Which is the true, and which the false? " she said. Great Solomon was silent. Allamazed, Each wondering... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 pages
...to teach In pleasing proverbs; and she wished, in sooth, To know if Rumor spoke the simple truth. 3. And straight she held before the monarch's view, In...every part, Was the rare product of divinest Art. 4. " Which is the true, and which the false ?" she said. Great Solomon was silent. All amazed, Each... | |
 | 1889 - 656 pages
...wont to teach In pleasing proverbs; and she wished in sooth To know if rumor spoke the simple truth. And straight she held before the monarch's view, In...The other no less fair in every part, Was the rare production of divinest art. "Which is the true, and which the false," she said. Great Solomon was silent.... | |
 | North Staffordshire Field Club - 1892 - 182 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...bowers ; The other, no less fair in every part, Was only wrought by imitative art. " Which is the true and which the false," she sail. Great Solomon was... | |
 | Emilie Poulsson - 1893 - 484 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...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... | |
 | 1902 - 778 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...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... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith - 1902 - 772 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...choicest bowers ; The other, no less fair in every part, Romance Was the rare product of divinest Art. a"d Reality " Which is the true, and which the false?... | |
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