 | Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 страници
...well she knew, and quaintly could expound, What sin it weie to waste the smallest crumb she found. Herbs too she knew, and well of each could speak That in her garden sipp'd the silvery dew; Where no vain flower disclosed a gaudy streak; But herbs for use, and physic,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 страници
...well she knew, and quaintly could expound, What sin it were to waste the smallest crumb she found. Herbs, too, she knew, and well of each could speak, That in her garden sipp'd the silvery dew ; Where no vain flower disclos'da gaudy streak ; But herbs for use and physic... | |
 | Jedediah Vincent Huntington - 1860 - 566 страници
...his Schoolmistress : — ( Herbs too she knew, and well of each could spoak That in her g,rdcn sip'd the silvery dew ; Where no vain flower disclosed a gaudy streak ; But herbs for use and phyaick not a few, Of grey renown, within those borders grew." * » * * " And here trim rosemarinc,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1862 - 498 страници
...renown," as Shenstone happily remarks in his description of the herbal of his " Schoolmistress." " Herbs too she knew, and well of each could speak, That in her garden sipp'd the silvery dew, Where no vain flower disclos'da gaudy streak, But herbs for use and physic... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 530 страници
...renown," as Shenstone happily remarks in his description of the herbal of his " Schoolmistress." " Herbs too she knew, and well of each could speak, That in her garden sipped the silver)' dew, Where no vain flower disclosed a gandy streak, But herbs for use and physic not a few,... | |
 | Beauties - 1866 - 310 страници
...repast, or to heal some of the mishaps of life. Shenstone, describing this rustic botanist, says — Herbs too she knew, and well of each could speak. That in her garden sipp'd the silvery dew ; Where no vain flower disclosed a gaudy streak ; Bat herbs for use, and physic,... | |
 | William Shenstone - 1868 - 328 страници
...the silvery dew, Where no vain flower disclosed a gaudy streak, But herbs for use, and physick, not'a few, Of grey renown, within those borders grew, The tufted basil, pun-provoking thyme, Fresh baum, and marygold of cheerful hue, The lowly gill, that never dares to climb, And more I fain would... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 страници
...well she knew, and quaintly could expound, What sin it were to waste the smallest crumb she found. XX. Herbs, too, she knew, and well of each could speak, That in her garden sipp'd the silv'ry dew, Where no vain flower disclosed a gaudy streak; But herbs for use, and physic,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 страници
...well she know, and quaintly could expound, What sin it were to waste the smallest crumb she found. ؠ . . . sipp'd the silvery dew ; Where no vain flower disclosed a gaudy streak; But herbs for use, and physic,... | |
 | Casket - 1874 - 840 страници
...well of each could epeak. That in her garden sipp'd the silv'ry dew, Where no vain fiow'r dieclos'da gaudy streak, But herbs for use, and physic, not a few, Of gray renown, within those borders grew ; The tufted baeil, pun-provoking thyme, Freeh bäum, and marygold... | |
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And if neglect had lavished on the ground Fragment of bread, she would collect the same ; For well she knew, and quaintly could expound, What sin it were to waste the smallest crumb she found. 
