| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 страници
...For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a mind which did that title love. ****** Herbs too she knew, and well of each could speak That...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... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 страници
...well she knew, and quaintly could exiNHiiid, 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 sipped the silver)' dew ; Where no vain flower disclosed a gaudy streak ; But herbs for use, and physic, not a... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 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...streak ; But herbs for use, and physic, not a few, Of gray renown, within those borders grew : The tufted basil, pun-provoking thyme. Fresh baum, and marygold... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 страници
...well she knew, and quaintly could expound, What sin it were to waste the smallest crumb she foundHerbs too she knew, and well of each could speak That in...disclosed a gaudy streak ; But herbs for use, and physie, not a few, Of gray renown, within those borders grew : The tufted basil, pun-provoking thyme,... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1876 - 524 страници
...each could speak, That in her garden sipped the silvery dew ; Where no vain flower disclos'da gawdy streak ; But herbs for use and physic not a few, Of...grew ; The tufted basil, pun-provoking thyme, Fresh banm, and mary-gold of cheerful hue ; The lowelygill, that never dares to climb; And more I fain would... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1876 - 514 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,...garden sipped the silvery dew; Where no vain flower disclos'da gawdy streak ; But herbs for use and physic not a few, Of grey renown, within those borders... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 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...streak ; But herbs for use, and physic, not a few, Of gray renown, within those borders grew : The tufted basil, pun-provoking thyme, Fresh baum, and marygold... | |
| Frederick Edward Hulme - 1877 - 270 страници
...home, does not omit to notice the little plots of herbs that furnish the simple remedies of the poor. " Herbs too she knew, and well of each could speak, That in her garden sipped the silv'ry dew, Where no vain flower disclosed a gaudy streak ;ls But herbs for use, and physic, not a... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 308 страници
...For 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,... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 страници
...she knew, and quaintly could expound, What sin it were to waste the smallest crumb she found. Herbe, too, she knew, and well of each could speak, That...for use and physic not a few, Of grey renown, within these borders grew ; The tufted basil, pun-provoking thyme, Fresh balm, and marygold of cheerful hue,... | |
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