| 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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In 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-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom... | |
| Child life - 1874 - 300 pages
...body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In 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-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom... | |
| Henry Noble Day - 1877 - 564 pages
...body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In 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-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...body that you see there." Sa w the rainbow in the heaven, In 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-flowers of the 'forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 238 pages
...body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In 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-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 pages
...body that you see there." Saw the rainbow in the heaven, In 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-flowers of the forest, All the lilies of the prairie, When on earth they fade and perish, Blossom... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 562 pages
...rainbow in the heaven, In the eastern sky, the rainbow, Whispered, " What is that, Nokoniis?" And (he 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... | |
| Wilbur Fisk Crafts - 1880 - 252 pages
...every other scene of nature. The Indians have a legend, mentioned in Longfellow's " Hiawatha," that " all the wild flowers of the forest, all the lilies of the prairie, when on earth they fade and finish, blossom in the rainbow o'er us : 'tis the heaven of the flowers you see there." Christ, on... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 328 pages
...Nokomis?" And the good Nokomis answered: " 'Tts 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, lllossom in that heaven above us." When he heard the owls at midnight, Hooting, laughing in the forest,... | |
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