 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 gray lichen take up their watch by the head-stone.  The Woodlands - Página 93por Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - 1879 - 288 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 506 páginas
...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 they are its last gift...to us. When all other service is vain, from plant to tree, the soft mosses and grey lichen take up their watch by the head-stone. The woods, the blossoms,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1860 - 452 páginas
...love-token ; but of these the wild bird will make its nest, and the wearied child his pillow. And, as the earth's first mercy, so they are its last gift...is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and grey lichen take up their watch by the head-stone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses,... | |
 | 1861 - 636 páginas
...or love-token ; but of these the wild bird will make its nest, and the wearied child his pillow. And as the earth's first mercy, so they are its last gift...is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and grey lichen take up their watch by the head-stone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses,... | |
 | Hugh Macmillan - 1861 - 320 páginas
...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 they are its last gift...service is vain from plant and tree, the soft mosses and grey lichens take up their watch by the headstone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses... | |
 | 1861 - 634 páginas
...or love-token ; but of these the wild bird will make its nest, and the wearied child his pillow. And as the earth's first mercy, so they are its last gift...is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and grey lichen take up their watch by the head-stone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses,... | |
 | 1861 - 634 páginas
...or love-token ; but of these the wild bird will make its nest, and the wearied child his pillow. And as the earth's first mercy, so they are its last gift...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... | |
 | 1861 - 588 páginas
...make his nest of them, and the weary child his pillow. And as the earth's first mercy, so are they its last gift to us. When all other service is vain from plant and tree, the soft mosses take up their watch by the head-stone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses, have done... | |
 | Margaret Plues - 1864 - 376 páginas
...gift to us. When all farther service is vain from plant and tree, the soft mosses and grey lichens take up their watch by the headstone. The woods, the...the gift-bearing grasses have done their parts for time, but these do service for ever ! Trees for the builder's yard, corn for the granary, moss for... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1866 - 374 páginas
...or love-token; but of these the wild bird will make its nest, and the wearied child his pillow. And, as the earth's first mercy, so they are its last gift...is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and grey lichen take up their watch by the headstone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses,... | |
 | 1874 - 968 páginas
...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 gift...service is vain from plant and tree, the soft mosses and grey lichen take up their watch by the head stone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses,... | |
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