 | George William Francis - 1839 - 236 oldal
...Flax-flower, As blue as is the sky, And 'tis a dainty little thing We say as we pass by. " Oh, 'tis a goodly little thing. It groweth for the poor. And...many a peasant blesses it. Beside his cottage door." WHITE FLAX. Linum catharticum. Plate 4r—Fig. 6. Leaves opposite, oblong. Flowers white. A little... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1840 - 552 oldal
...flai-flower, As blue as is the sky ; And "'ti* a dm ni v little thing!" We say, as we go by. Ah, 'tis a goodly little thing, It groweth for the poor, And many a peasant blesseth it. Beside his cottage-door. He thmketh how those slender stems That shimmer in the sun, Are... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - 1842 - 304 oldal
...flax-flower, As blue as is the sky; And "'tis a dainty little thing!" We say, as we go by. Ah, 'tis a goodly little thing, It groweth for the poor, And many a peasant blesses it, Beside his cottage-door. He thinketh how those slender stems That shimmer in the sun, Are rich for him in web... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1847 - 556 oldal
...goodly little thing, It groweth for the poor, And many a peasant hlesseth it. Beside his cottage-door. He thinketh how those slender stems That shimmer in the sun, Are rich for him in weh and woof, And shortly shall he spun. He thinketh how those tender flowers, Of seed will yield him... | |
 | Robert Holden Webb, William Higgins Coleman - 1849 - 462 oldal
...Flax-flower, As blue as is the sky ; And 'tis a dainty little thing, We say, as we pass by. Oh, 'tis a goodly little thing, It groweth for the poor ; And...many a peasant blesses it Beside his cottage door. LINUM. Flax. LINN. CL. v. ORD. v. NAME, tuvov (Gr.) linum, (Lat.) ; the roots of our words lint and... | |
 | Dean Dudley - 1851 - 262 oldal
...flax-flower ! It groweth on the hill, And be the breeze awake or asleep, It never standeth still ! He thinketh how those slender stems, That shimmer...for him in web and woof, And shortly shall be spun." " And there," said she, " there's a piece about the poor man's garden, and one about children :" "... | |
 | Dean Dudley - 1851 - 268 oldal
...groweth on the hill, And be the breeze awake or asleep, It never standeth still ! He tliiiikcth bow those slender stems, That shimmer in the sun, Are...for him in web and woof, And shortly shall be spun." " And there," said she, " there's a piece about the poor man's garden, and one about children :" "... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1853 - 548 oldal
...thing, It growelh for the poor, And many a peasant b'esscth it, Beside his cottage-door. He thinkelh how those slender stems That shimmer in the sun, Are...him in web and woof, And shortly shall be spun. He thinkelh how those tender flowers. Of seed will yield him store; And sees in thought his next year's... | |
 | Mary Howitt - 1855 - 236 oldal
...is the sky ; And " 'tis a dainty little thing !" We say, as we go by. A goodly little thing it is ! It groweth for the poor, And many a peasant blesses it, Beside his cottage-door. Ho thinketh how those slender stems That shimmer in the sun, Are rich for him in web... | |
 | Mrs. Catharine Harbeson (Waterman) Esling - 1861 - 280 oldal
...occupation of cottagers' wives to spin this into yarn and linen cloth. I FEEL YOUR KINDNESS. Ah! 'tis a goodly little thing, It groweth for the poor, And...Beside his cottage door. He thinketh how those slender sterna That shimmer in the sun, Are rich for him in web and woof, And shortly shall be spun. He thinketh... | |
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It never standeth still. It groweth, and it groweth fast; One day it is a seed And then a little grassy blade Scarce better than a weed. But then out comes the flax flower As blue as is the sky; And "'tis a dainty little thing, 
