Our outward life requires them not, Then wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth. To comfort man — to whisper hope Whene'er his faith is dim ; For whoso careth for the flowers, Will much more care for him. Simple lessons in reading - Page 16by Simple lessons - 1841Full view - About this book
| Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...drunk them all. Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow light, All fashioned with supremest grace, Upspringing day and night,—...Where no man passes by? Our outward life requires them not,Then wherefore had they birth? To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth; To comfort man,... | |
| 1837 - 396 pages
...drunk them all. Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow-light ; All fashioned with supremest grace, Upspringing day and night :...no man passes by ? Our outward life requires them notThen wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth ; To comfort man... | |
| William Baxter - Angiosperms - 1837 - 340 pages
...drunk them all. Then, wherefore, wherefore, were they made, All dyed with rainbow-light, Л11 fashioned with supremest grace, Up-springing day and night....mountains high, And in the silent wilderness, Where no man passeth by. Our outward life requires them not : Then, wherefore had they birth 1 To minister delight... | |
| William Baxter - Angiosperms - 1837 - 342 pages
...Then, wherefore,, wherefore, were they made, All dyed with rainbow-light, All fashioned with supremesl grace, Up-springing day and night. Springing in valleys...mountains high, And in the silent wilderness, Where no man passeth by. Our outward life requires them not : Then, wherefore had they birth 1 To minister delight... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - American poetry - 1839 - 452 pages
...drunk them all. Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, And dyed with rainbow light, All fashioned with supremest grace, Upspringing day and night? Springing...in the silent wilderness, Where no man passes by? To minister delight to man; To beautify the earth; To comfort man — to whisper hope, Whene'er his... | |
| 1839 - 498 pages
...they are all equally wonderfully made, and every where placed — " Springing in valley» preen ;md low, And on the mountains high; And in the .silent wilderness, Where -uo man pluses by." And why did he make flowers? Flowers arc not necessary to our life ; we could live... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 554 pages
...wherefore, wherefore were they madw, All dyed with minbow-light. All fashioned with supremest gmce Upspringing day and night: — Springing in valleys...outward life requires them not — Then wherefore hod they birth ? — To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth; To comfort man — to whisper... | |
| Andrew Preston Peabody - Hymns, English - 1840 - 184 pages
...All dyed with rainbow light, All fashioned with supremest grace, Upspringing day and night : — 4 Springing in valleys green and low, And on the mountains...And in the silent wilderness Where no man passes by ? 5 Our outward life requires them not, — Then wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight to... | |
| Child rearing - 1841 - 300 pages
...drank them all. Then wherefore, wherefore, were they made, All dyed with rainbow light; All fashioned with supremest grace, Up-springing day and night ?...mountains high, And in the silent wilderness, Where no one passes by ? Our outward life requires them not, Then wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight... | |
| George Merriam - Reader (Elementary) - 1841 - 308 pages
...All fashjfaed for supremest grace— All dyed with rainbow light— Upspringing day and night?— 6. Springing in valleys green and low, And on the mountains high, And in the silent wilderness, Where no man passeth by. 7. Our outward life requires them not— Then wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight... | |
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