 To bathe young buds in dews from heaven ; Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered to the rose : ' O fondest object of my care, Still fairest found where all are fair, For the sweet shade thou 'st given to me, Ask what thou wilt, 'tis granted...  The Suffolk literary chronicle - Page 611838Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1904 - 1014 pages
...rose-tree sleeping lay, — That spirit to whose charge 't is given To bathe young buds in dews of heaven. Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered...to the rose : " O fondest object of my care, Still fairest found, where all are fair; For the sweet shade thou giv'st to me Ask what thou wilt, 't is... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 542 pages
...exultant, every kingly cup Brimmed with the golden vintage of the sun. INA DONNA COOLBRITH. THE MOSS ROSE. THE angel of the flowers, one day. Beneath a rose-tree sleeping lay, — That spirit to whose charge 't is given To bathe young buds in dews of heaven. Awaking from bis light repose, The angel whispered... | |
 | Anna E. McGovern - Nature study - 1905 - 388 pages
...me, Alas! I have forgot." The Father kindly looked him down And said, "Forget-me-not." THE MOSS ROSE The angel of the flowers one day, Beneath a rose-tree sleeping lay, — That spirit to whose charge 'tis given To bathe young buds in dews of heaven. Awakening from his light repose, The angel whispered... | |
 | Jennie Day Haines - California - 1906 - 96 pages
...Those fair young cheeks whose color long ago with years has fled ? John Russel l Hayes The Moss Rose The angel of the flowers one day, Beneath a rose-tree sleeping lay,— That spirit to whose charge 'tis given To bathe young buds in dews of heaven. Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered... | |
 | 1865 - 818 pages
...be uninteresting to introduce here. It has thus been rendered by a poet of genuine feeling : — " The angel of the flowers one day Beneath a rose-tree sleeping lay — That spirit id whose charge is given To bathe young buds in dews from heaven ; Awaking from his light repose, The... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - American poetry - 1909 - 374 pages
...till life can charm no more ; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead. Win. Collins. '54* THE MOSS ROSE. The Angel of the flowers one day Beneath a rose-tree...spirit to whose charge is given To bathe young buds in dew from heaven. Awakening from his slight repose, The Angel whispered to the Rose, — " O fondest... | |
 | Charles Maurice Stebbins, Mary H. Coolidge - Readers (Elementary) - 1912 - 398 pages
...a rose tree sleeping lay, — That spirit to whose charge 'tis given To bathe young buds in dews of heaven. Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered...to the rose: " O fondest object of my care, Still fairest found, where all are fair; Ask what thou wilt, 'tis granted thee." " Then," said the rose,... | |
 | Charles Maurice Stebbins - Readers - 1912 - 400 pages
...a rose tree sleeping lay, — That spirit to whose charge 'tis given To bathe young buds in dews of heaven. Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered to the rose: " 0 fondest object of my care, Still fairest found, where all are fair; Ask what thou wilt, 'tis granted... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - Anthologies - 1922 - 518 pages
...curious point certainly deserves the attention of inquirers. THE MOSS ROSE TRANSLATED FROM KRUMMACHER THE angel of the flowers, one day, Beneath a rose-tree sleeping lay,— That spirit to whose charge 'tis given To bathe young buds in dews of heaven. Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...rose-tree sleeping lay, — That spirit to whose charge 't is given To bathe young buds in dews of heaven. Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered...to the rose : " O fondest object of my care, Still fairest found, where all are fair ; For the sweet shade thou giv'st to me Ask what thou wilt, 't is... | |
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