 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 506 ページ
...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 - 556 ページ
...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 gray lichen take up their watch by the head-stone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses,... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1888 - 620 ページ
...love-token i but of these the wild bird will make his 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 gray lichen take up their watch by the headstone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses,... | |
 | 1861 - 636 ページ
...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...done their parts, for a time, but these do service forever. Trees for the builder's yard, flowers for the bride's chamber, corn for the granary, moss... | |
 | 1861 - 634 ページ
...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...done their parts, for a time, but these do service forever. Trees for the builder's yard, flowers for the bride's chamber, corn for the- granary, moss... | |
 | Hugh Macmillan - 1861 - 320 ページ
...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...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 have... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1861 - 614 ページ
...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...is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and gray lichen take up their watch by the headstone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses,... | |
 | 1861 - 634 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...child his pillow. And as the earth's first mercy, so are they its last 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 blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses have... | |
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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 headstone. 
