 To make the river flow. The clouds might give abundant rain, The nightly dews might fall, And the herb that keepeth life in man Might yet have drunk them all. Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow light, All...  Birds and flowers - Page 98by Mary Howitt - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet have had no flowers. The ore within the mountain mine Requireth none to...And the herb that keepeth life in man Might yet have drunk them all. Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow light, All fashioned... | |
 | 1837 - 396 pages
...; For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet have made no flowers. i The ore within the mountain-mine Requireth none to grow, Nor doth it need the lotus-flower...And the herb that keepeth life in man Might yet have drunk them all. Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow-light ; All fashioned... | |
 | William Baxter - Angiosperms - 1837 - 342 pages
...ours ; For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet have made no flowers. The ore within the mountain-mine Requireth none to grow, Nor doth it need the Lotus-flower...And the herb that keepeth life in man Might yet have drunk them all. Then, wherefore,, wherefore, were they made, All dyed with rainbow-light, All fashioned... | |
 | New York (N.Y.) - 1839 - 226 pages
...enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine and toil, And yet have had no flowers. n. The ore within the mountain mine Requireth none to...abundant rain, The nightly dews might fall, And the herbs that keeprth life in man Might yet have drank them all. in, Then wherefore, wherefore were they... | |
 | William Baxter - Angiosperms - 1837 - 340 pages
...toil, And yet have made no flowers. The ore within the mountain-mine Requireth none to grow, ]S'or doth it need the Lotus-flower To make the river flow....nightly dews might fall, .And the herb that keepeth lite in man Might yet have drunk them all. Then, wherefore, wherefore, were they made, All dyed with... | |
 | William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet have had no flowers. The ore within the mountain mine Requireth none to...the herb that keepeth life in man, Might yet have drnuk them all. -tr Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, AH dyed with rainbow-light, All fashioned... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - American poetry - 1839 - 452 pages
...enough, enough For every want of ours; For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet have made no flowers. The clouds might give abundant rain, The nightly dews might fall, And the herb that keepeth the life in man Might yet have drunk them all. Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, And dyed with... | |
 | Periodicals - 1839 - 584 pages
...ore within the mountain mine Roquireth uone to grow, Nor doth it lined the lotun-flower, To make tin; river flow : The clouds might give abundant rain ; The nightly dews might Tall; And the lierb that kct-peth life in man, Might yet have drunk them all. Then wherefore, wherefore... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 554 pages
...enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine and toil, And yet have had no flowers. The ore within the mountain mine Requireth none to...make the river flow. The clouds might give abundant min ; The nightly dews might fall. And the herb that keepeth life in man Might yet have drunk them... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 552 pages
...enough, enough For every want of ours. For luxury, medicine and toil, And yet have hod no flowers. The ore within the mountain mine Requireth none to...Nor doth it need the lotus-flower To make the river (low. The clouds might give abundant rain ; The nightly dews might fall. And ihe herb that keepeth... | |
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