 Wild lilies, tall as maidens are, As sweet of breath, as pearly fair, As fair as faith, as pure as truth, Fell thick before our every tread, As in a sacrifice to ruth, And all the air with perfume filled More sweet than ever man distilled.  Songs of the sierras, by Joaquin Miller - Stran 17avtor: Cincinnatus Hiner Miller - 1871Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | william blackwood - 1871 - 810 strani
...slept, Sang faint, like some far waterfall, And took no note of us at all, Though ripe nuts crushed at every step. Wild lilies, tall as maidens are, As...pure as truth, Fell thick before our every tread, Ая in a sacrifice to ruth ; And all the air with perfume filled, More sweet than ever man distilled... | |
 | 1871 - 818 strani
...all. Though ripe nuts crushed at every step. Wild lilies, tall as maidens are. As sweet of breath, a« pearly fair, As fair as faith, as pure as truth. Fell...a sacrifice to ruth ; And all the air with perfume filled. More sweet than ever man distilled ; The ripened fruit a fragrance shed, And hung, In band-reach... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 strani
...no note of us at all, Though nuts that in the way were spread Did crush and crackle as we stepped. Wild lilies, tall as maidens are, As sweet of breath,...a sacrifice to ruth ; And all the air with perfume filled More sweet than ever man distilled. The ripened fruit a fragrance shed And hung in hand-reach... | |
 | A. W. Patterson - 1875 - 252 strani
...note of us at all — Though nuts that in the way were spread Did crush and crackle as we stept. 5. "Wild lilies, tall as maidens are — As sweet of...a sacrifice to ruth ; And all the air with perfume filled, More sweet than ever man distilled. The ripened fruit a fragrance shed, And hung in hand-reach... | |
 | University magazine - 1876 - 814 strani
...no note of us at all, Though nuts that in the way were spread Did crush and crackle as west с ppcd. Wild lilies tall as maidens are. As sweet of breath,...as truth, Fell thick before our every tread, As in our sacrifice to ruth ; And all the air with perfume filled. More sweet than ever man distilled. The... | |
 | 1878 - 254 strani
...note of us at all — Though nuts that in the way were spread Did crush and crackle as we stept. 5. Wild lilies, tall as maidens are — As sweet of breath,...a sacrifice to ruth ; And all the air with perfume filled, More sweet than ever man distilled. The ripened fruit a fragrance shed, And hung in hand-reach... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 strani
...no note of us at all, Though nuts that in the way were spread Did crush and crackle as we stepped. Wild lilies, tall as maidens are, As sweet of breath,...a sacrifice to ruth ; And all the air with perfume filled More sweet than ever man distilled. The ripened fruit a fragrance shed And hung in hand-reach... | |
 | Joaquin Miller - 1878 - 182 strani
...spread Did crush and crackle as we stept. Wild lilies, tall as maidens are, As fair as faith, as pnre as truth, Fell thick before our every tread, As in...perfume fill'd More sweet than ever man distill'd. There came the sweet song of sweet bees, With chorus-tones of cockatoo, That slid his beak along the... | |
 | Cincinnatus Hiner Miller - 1878 - 182 strani
...took no note of us at all, Though nuts that in the way were spread Did crush and crackle as we stept. Wild lilies, tall as maidens are, As sweet of breath,...pure as truth, Fell thick before our every tread, In fragrant sacrifice to ruth. The ripen'd fruit a fragrance shed And hung in hand-reach overhead,... | |
 | 1879 - 316 strani
...took no note of us at all, Though nuts that in the way were spread Did crush and crackle as we stept. Wild lilies, tall as maidens are, As sweet of breath,...a sacrifice to ruth, And all the air with perfume filled More sweet than ever man distilled. The ripened fruit a fragrance shed And hung in hand-reach... | |
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