| Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 626 pages
...plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page, by one... | |
| Winter pictures - 1882 - 200 pages
...plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...nimble finger of the fair ; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page, by one... | |
| Brainerd Kellogg - English literature - 1882 - 460 pages
...plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds and leaves and sprigs...nimble finger of the fair; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page, by one... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...nimble finger of the fair; A wreath, that cannot fade, of flowers, that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page by one... | |
| William Cowper (the Poet.) - 1883 - 294 pages
...plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...nimble finger of the fair; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page, by one... | |
| Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - American literature - 1884 - 536 pages
...plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...gracefully disposed, Follow the nimble finger of the fair; » * * * * The poet's or historian's page, by one Made vocal for the amusement of the rest; The sprightly... | |
| English poetry - 1885 - 668 pages
...its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, 200 201 Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...nimble finger of the fair; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page, by one... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...pattern grows; the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its blossom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs, And curling tendrils,...finger of the fair;— A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay. The touch from many a trembling chord... | |
| William Cowper - 1889 - 632 pages
...plies its busy task, 150 The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom ; buds, and leaves, and sprigs,...finger of the fair ; . A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow With most success when all besides decay The poet's or historian's page, by one... | |
| Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - Readers - 1890 - 516 pages
...plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower, is Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn, Unfolds its bosom; buds and leaves and sprigs...nimble finger of the fair; A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow 2o With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page, by... | |
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