 Her young forsake her downy plumes To rest upon thy opening blooms. Flower of the desert though thou art! The deer that range the mountain free, The graceful doe, the stately hart, Their food and shelter seek from thee; The bee thy earliest blossom greets,...  The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'. - Page 251edited by - 1858Full view - About this book
 | 700 pages
...and beauty, if so be the beauty in character was strange to one unaccustomed to moorland scenery. Tho lark carolled high in mid-air, the heather smelt fresh...writes : " Gem of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beaut; o'er the lonely moor, Though thon dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure."... | |
 | Wild flowers - 1845 - 110 pages
...on the tiniest flower, Whose light bell bends beneath the dew-drop's weight. LING, OR HEATHER. GBM of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er...rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest, and beauty's bower Oft hast thou deck'd—a favorite flower. Flower of the wild!... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets. Gem of the heath, whose modest bloom Sheds beauty...rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest, and beauty's bower, Oft hast thou deck'd, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild... | |
 | Joanna Baillie - English poetry - 1823 - 386 pages
...shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets. Gem of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty o'er the lonely moor ; Tho' thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest and beauty's... | |
 | Author of the Buxton diamonds - English poetry - 1824 - 160 pages
...seek from thee ; , , The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets. Gem of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty...rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest and beauty's bower. Oft hast thou decked, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, . And draws from thee her choicest sweets. Gem of the heath, whose modest bloom Sheds beauty...rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure, Both valour's crest, and beauty's bower, Oft hast thou deck'd, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild... | |
 | S. Waring - Botany - 1827 - 122 pages
...brothers tried ; And slept until the dawning beam Purpled the mountain and the stream. Lady of the Lake. Gem of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty...no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure ; Both valour's crest and beauty's bower, Oft hast thou deck'd, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild!... | |
 | 1832 - 206 pages
...shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets. Gem of the Heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty...no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure ; Both valour's crest and beauty's bower, Oft hast thou decked, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild... | |
 | 1838 - 286 pages
...shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets. Gem of the heath ! whose modest bloom Sheds beauty...no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure ; Both valour's crest and beauty's bower Oft hast thou deck'd, a favourite flower. Flower of the wild... | |
 | George William Francis - Botany - 1839 - 236 pages
...shelter seek from thee ; The bee thy earliest blossom greets, And draws from thee her choicest sweets, " Gem of the heath, whose modest bloom. Sheds beauty o'er the lonely moor : Tho' thou dispense no rich perfume, Nor yet with splendid tints allure : Both valor's crest and beauty's... | |
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