 | 1813 - 410 pagini
...the water, and heels in the air. THE USE OF FLOWERS. MARY HOWITT. God might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and...lotus-flower To make the river flow. The clouds might give abundant rain, The nightly dews might fall, And the herb that keepeth life in man Might yet have drunk... | |
 | 1837 - 396 pagini
...deserving and most revered king. RB THE USE OF FLOWERS. BY MARY HOWITT. God might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all. He might have made enough, enough, For every want of our's ; For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet... | |
 | Benjamin Maund - 1824 - 846 pagini
...Wherefore this variety — this beauty ? Let Mrs. Howitt answer — God might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without 11 flower at all. He might have made enough, enough, For every want of ours ; For luxury, medicine,... | |
 | 1839 - 226 pagini
...Enough for great and small, The oak tree and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all; We might have hail enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine and toil, And yet have had no flowers. n. The ore within the mountain mine Requireth none to grow, Nor doth it need the lotus-flower, To make... | |
 | William Baxter - 1837 - 342 pagini
...elegant and beautiful lines, by MARY HOWITT. THE USE OF FLOWERS. " GOD might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small; The Oak-tree, and the Cedar-tree, Without a flower at all. lie might have made enough, enough For every want of ours ; For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet... | |
 | William Baxter - 1837 - 340 pagini
...beautiful lines, by MARY HOWITT. THE USE OF FLOWERS. " Gnn might have made the earth bring forth Knough for great and small; The Oak-tree, and the Cedar-tree, Without a flower at all. He might have made enough, enough For every want of ours ; For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pagini
...signs of glee, Well befit thee, Marien Lee ! THE USE OF FLOWERS. God might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and...lotus-flower To make the river flow. The clouds might give abundant rain ; The nightly dews might fall, And the herb that keepeth life in man, Might yet have... | |
 | 1838 - 444 pagini
...Nurses' Manual, by Mr. Winterbourn, Surgeon, LINES ON FLOWERS. GOD might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all. He might have made enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet have... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1839 - 222 pagini
...they are very formidable creatures indeed. THE USE OF FLOWERS. GOD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and...lotus-flower To make the river flow. The clouds might give abundant rain ; The nightly dews might fall, And the herb that keepeth life in man, Might yet have... | |
 | M. S. - 1839 - 194 pagini
...might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all. We might have had enough,...have had no flowers. The ore within the mountain mine ReqUjireth none to grow ; Nor doth it need the lotus-flower To make the river flow. The clouds might... | |
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God might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree, Without a flower at all. We might have had enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine and toil, And yet have had no flowers. 
