THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado in the... English Grammar - Page 174by Chestine Gowdy - 1901 - 209 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 556 pages
...ranks with the selectest of Wordsworth and Keats, to whom imaginative diction came intuitively, — " Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold," and both thought and language are felicitous throughout : — " Thou art my tropics and mine Italy... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 542 pages
...ranks with the selectest of Wordsworth and Keats, to whom imaginative diction came intuitively, — " Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold," and both thought and language are felicitous throughout : — " Thou art my tropics and mine Italy... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pages
...though the worldling, scorning, may deride :I love ye all ! ROBERT NICOLL. with TO THE DANDELION. EAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, My childhood's earlie • thoughts are linked thee; The sight of thee calls back the robin's song Who,... | |
| 1889 - 934 pages
...the meadow, queerly called dandelions. m. HEXEY WABD BEECHER— Star Papers. A Discourse of Flowers. Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...round May match in wealth, — thou art more dear to mo Than all the prouder summer-blooms may be. n. LOWELL — To the Dandelion. How like a prodigal doth... | |
| Charles Rufus Skinner - 1890 - 528 pages
...being crowned With a golden dream. Sixth Pupil. THE DANDELIOX. I am the common Dandelion, that grow'th, beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless...Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold, High-hciirted buccaneers, o'er joyed that they An Kldorado in the grass have found. Which not the rich... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 pages
...From life, you then are prized; thus prized are poets too. WALTER SAVAGE LANDOB. ¿otl]i- Dunîtdicm. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way. Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold I First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold — High-hearted... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 562 pages
...listless spirit stands, Erelong the Great Avenger takes the work from out his hands. TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless First pledge of blithesome May, Which children plnck, and, full of pride gold, uphold, High-hearted... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 452 pages
...listless spirit stands, Erelong the Great Avenger takes the work from out his hands. TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold, High-hearted buccaneers,... | |
| Modern Language Association of America - 1891 - 426 pages
...the dandelion, to find how much the artist can make out of so common a thing ? He speaks of it as " Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First...not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth " Can you fathom the depth of that expression, " harmless gold " ? How abundant is this " harmless... | |
| 1892 - 430 pages
..." put on " as buttercups are. Can any one doubt his sincerity when he says of the dandelion, — " Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, thou art more dear to me Than all the prouder summer-blooms may be. My childhood's earliest thoughts... | |
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