 | John Green - 1879
...fair is the rose ! That a beautiful flower ! The glory of April and May ; B"t the leaves are beginmng to fade in an hour. And they wither and die in a day. I Yet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast. Above all the flowers of the field ; When its leaves... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881
...and reading.' THE ROSE. 1 How fair is the rose! what a beautiful flower! The glory of April and May! But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. 2 Yet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field : When its leaves... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1881
...November, 1748. The Hose. How fair is the roso ! what a benntif al flower, The glory of April nud May ! But the leaves are beginning to fade In an hour. And they wither aud diu ma daj. Yet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field ;... | |
 | Edmund Arthur Helps - 1882
...BASKERVILLE. THE ROSE. How fair is the rose ! what a beautiful flower ! The glory of April and May ! But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. 4 Yet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field; When its leaves... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 632 pages
...DOROTHEA HEMANS. THE ROSE. *OW fair is the rose ! that beautifnl flower, The glory of April and May ; But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Vet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field ; When its leaves... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - Arbor Day - 1890 - 456 pages
...more. ELAINE GOODALE. How fair is the rose ! what a beautiful flower, The glory of April and May ! But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a da}'. Yet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field ; When its... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893
...Christian« of every ńamo.] How fair l> the rose ! what » beautiful flower, The glory of April and May I But the leaves are beginning to fade In an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Tet the row has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the Hold ; Wh«n It« leaves... | |
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HOW fair is the rose ! What a beautiful flower ! The glory of April and May ; But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour. And they wither and die in a day. Yet... 
