 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 506 страница
...traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace. They will not be gathered, like the flowers, for chaplet or love token ; but of these the wild bird will make its nest and the wearied child its pillow. And, as... | |
 | 1873 - 500 страница
...glossy traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive ; framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace. They will not be gathered like the flowers for chaplet or love-token, but of them the bird will make her nest, and the wearied child his pillow. . . . " ' Yet as in one sense the... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1888 - 620 страница
...traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace. They will not be gathered, like the flowers, for chaplet or love-token i but of these the wild bird will make his nest, and the wearied child his pillow. " And, as the earth's... | |
 | 1861 - 634 страница
...their duty there, all alone in their unnoticed isolation : " Lichen and mosses — how of these ? . . . They will not be gathered, like the flowers, for chaplet...When all other service is vain, from plant and tree, the\oft mosses and grey lichen take up their watch by the head-stone. The woods, the blossoms, the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1861 - 614 страница
...traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace. They will not be gathered, like the flowers,...wild bird will make its nest, and the wearied child its pillow. "And, as the earth's first mercy, so they are its last gift to us. When all other service... | |
 | Hugh Macmillan - 1861 - 320 страница
...traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace. They will not be gathered like the flowers, for chaplet or love-token ; but of these the wild-bird will make its nest, and the wearied child its pillow. And as the earth's first mercy, so... | |
 | 1861 - 588 страница
...and glossy travesty of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for sweetest offices of grace. They will not be gathered, like the flowers, for chaplet or love-token, but the wild bird will make his nest of them, and the weary child his pillow. And as the earth's first... | |
 | John Alfred Langford - 1862 - 310 страница
...traverses of silken change, yet all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweetest offices of grace ? They will not be gathered like the flowers...make its nest and the wearied child his pillow." And now, up again, and away ! any where ; across the fields, over the stile, into the lane, rambling for... | |
 | Margaret Plues - 1864 - 376 страница
...mosses and lichens, he says, "They will not be gathered, like the flowers, for chaplet or love token, but of these the wild bird will make its nest, and the tired child his pillow. And as the earth's first mercy, so are they its last gift to us. When all farther... | |
 | 1874 - 968 страница
...will say what these mosses are. None are delicate enough, none perfect enough, none rich enough. . . . They will not be gathered like the flowers for chaplet or love-token, but of these the wild bird makes its nest and the wearied child its pillow. And as the earth's first mercy, so they are its last... | |
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And, as the earth's first mercy, so they are its last gift to us. When all other service is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and grey lichen take up their watch by the head-stone. 
