 Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness? It was gone Quite under ground; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.  The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior - Page 200edited by - 1836Full view - About this book
 | George Herbert - 1853 - 376 pages
...heart Could have rccovcr'd greenness ? It was gone Quito under ground ; as flowers depart To sec their Mother-root, when they have blown : Where they together...These are thy wonders, Lord of power, Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour ; Making a chiming of a passing bell.... | |
 | George Herbert - 1853 - 372 pages
...heart Could have recover'd greenness ? It was gone Quite under ground ; as flowers depart To see their Mother-root, when they have blown ; Where they together...These are thy wonders, Lord of power, Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour ; Making a chiming of a passing bell.... | |
 | George Herbert, Christopher Harvey - Poetry - 1853 - 376 pages
...heart Could have recover'd greenness ? It was gone Quite under ground ; as flowers depart To see their Mother-root, when they have blown ; Where they together...These are thy wonders, Lord of power, Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell And up to heaven in an hour ; Making a chiming of a passing bell.... | |
 | George Herbert, William Jerdan - Literature - 1853 - 472 pages
...heart Could have recover'd greennefs ? It was gone Quite under ground ; as flowers depart To fee their mother-root, when they have blown ; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep houfe unknown. Thefe are thy wonders, Lord of power, Killing and quickening, bringing down to hell... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...heart Could have recover'd greenness ? It was gone Quite under ground, as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown ! Where they, together,...These are Thy wonders, Lord of power ! Killing, and rtuick'ning, bringing down to hell, And up to heaven, in an hour ; Making a chiming of a passing-bell.... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...heart Could have recover'd greenness ? It was gone Quite under ground, as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown ; Where they together,...house unknown. These are thy wonders, Lord of power ! Thrilling and quick'ning, bringing down to hell, And up to heaven in an hour ; Making a chiming of... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...heart Could have recover'd greenness .' It was gone Quite under ground, as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown ; Where they together,...house unknown. These are thy wonders, Lord of power ! Thrilling and quick'ning, bringing down to hell, And up to heaven in an hour ; Making a chiming of... | |
 | George Herbert, Robert Aris Willmott - 1855 - 366 pages
...heart Could have recover'd greennesse ? It was gone Quite under ground ; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown; Where they together,...hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown. * " The poem entitled ' The Flower' is especially affecting, and to me such a phrase as ' relish versing'... | |
 | George Herbert - Literature - 1855 - 560 pages
...heart Could have recover'd greennesse? It was gone Quite under ground ; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown ; Where they together...hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown. Making a chiming of a passing-bell. We say amisse, This or that is : Thy word is all, if we could spell.... | |
 | Gardening - 1855 - 494 pages
...гесотеге<1 greenness ? it was gone Quite under ground, as llowers depart. To see their mother root, where they have blown ; Where they together, All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house alone. "—HERBERT. Not far from our stone cabin is a pile of rude gray rocks, carelessly thrown together,... | |
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