 | Flowers - 1864 - 206 pages
...longer in my false love's eye Remained the tear of parting sorrow. THE MOSS ROSE. FROM THE GERMAN. THE Angel of the flowers one day, Beneath a rose-tree sleeping lay; That spirit to whom charge is given To bathe young buds in dews of Heaven; Awaking from his light repose, The angel... | |
 | Joseph Breck - Angiosperms - 1866 - 492 pages
...a double flower. " The origin of its mossy vest has been explained to us by a German writer : — ' The angel of the flowers one day Beneath a Rose-tree...sleeping lay : That spirit to whose charge is given To bathe young buds in dews from heaven ; Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered lo the Rose... | |
 | Robert Tyas - Flower language - 1869 - 298 pages
...and in stars, Green, red, and pearly white 1" THE MOSS ROSE (Rosa muscosa).—LovE. VOLUPTUOUSNESS. " The angel of the flowers, one day, beneath a Rose-tree sleeping lay ; Awaking from his light repose, the angel whispered to the Rose, ' O fondest object of my care, still... | |
 | Universalism - 1869 - 1042 pages
...following pleasing fable of the manner in which the moss rose received her soft and lovely vestment : " The angel of the flowers one day Beneath a rose-tree sleeping lay. The spirit, to whose charge is given To bathe young buds in dews from heaven, Awaking from his light... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - American literature - 1871 - 342 pages
...next field. Is not the country boy's lot cast in pleasant places ? AH Hope. LXV. — THE MOSS-ROSE. \: THE Angel of the Flowers one day Beneath a rose-tree...sleeping lay, — That spirit to whose charge is given To bathe young buds in dews from heaven. Awaking from his light repose, The Angel whispered to the Rose... | |
 | Flower language - 1873 - 182 pages
...branches, and in stars Green, red, and pearly white ! Wordsworth. THE MOSS EOSE.— LOVE. VOLUPTUOUSNESS. The angel of the flowers, one day, beneath a Rose-tree sleeping lay ; Awaking from his light repose, the angel whispered to the Hose, " O fondest object of my care, still... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...favorite is the rose.' "The master from his open basket shook The roses ou my head." BAYARD TAYLOR. et That whenever a March-wind sighs, He sets the jewel-print...feet In violets blue as your eyes, To the woody h 't is given To bathe young buds in dews of heaven, Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered... | |
 | Thomas Turner (F.S.S.) - 1872 - 204 pages
...Repose, rest. Deepened, made deeper. Whispered, said in a low Grace, beauty, tone. Robed, clothed with. 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 - 1873 - 906 pages
...master from his open basket shook 'The roses on my head." BAYARD TAYLOR. THE MOSS ROSE. [Translation.] nd warbling flow, Nightly I visit : nor sometimes forget Those other two equalled with me in fate, S 't is given To bathe young buds in dews of heaven, Awaking from his light repose, The angel whispered... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 pages
...schoolboy prying ; — Little flutterer ! cease to fear. THE MOSS-ROSE. FROM THE GERMAN OF KRT1MMACHEB. 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... | |
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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... 
