Then from his rocky pulpit I heard cry The Stonecrop. See how loose to earth I grow, And draw my juicy nurture from the sky. So drive not thou, fond man, thy root too low ; But loosely clinging here, From God's supernal sphere Draw life's unearthly food,... The Rectory of Valehead - Page 188by Robert Wilson Evans - 1831 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
| Wild flowers - 1845 - 110 pages
...dread, The stonecrop calmly mantles o'er The rugged bed. THEN from his rocky pulpit, I heard cry ANON. The Stonecrop : " See how loose to earth I grow, And...here, From God's supernal sphere Draw life's unearthly food,—catch Heaven's undying glow." RE\. RW EVANS. Do not depreciate any pursuit -which leads men... | |
| 1832 - 816 pages
...one greet. And, as insulters press, E'en turn thou thus and bless, And yield from each heart's-bruise a redolence more sweet. ' Then from his rocky pulpit...unearthly food, catch heaven's undying glow. ' Then preached the humble Strawberry. Behold The lowliest and least adorn'd of flowers Lies at thy feet;... | |
| 1832 - 572 pages
...one greet. And, as insulters press, E'en turn thou thus and bless, And yield from each heart's-bruise a redolence more sweet. ' Then from his rocky pulpit...unearthly food, catch heaven's undying glow. ' Then preached the humble Strawberry. Behold The lowliest and least adorn'd of flowers Lies at thy feet;... | |
| William Gardiner (A.L.S.) - 1849 - 78 pages
...poisoned stings : Above, the growth of many a year, is spread The yellow level of the stonecrop's bed." " Then from his rocky pulpit, I heard cry The stonecrop...supernal sphere Draw life's unearthly food — catch 30 LESSON XI. GRTHOTilCHUM RUPINCOLA. RfcCK BRISTLE-MOSS. The Rock Bristle-moss has an immersed capsule... | |
| Anne Pratt - 1852 - 428 pages
...cry The Stonecrop : See how loose to earth I grow, And draw my juicy nurture from the sky : So draw not thou, fond man, thy root too low, But loosely...life's unearthly food — catch Heaven's undying glow." None of the Stonecrops are of great service to man, though some have been used in medicine ; but they... | |
| Margaret Plues - 1863 - 438 pages
...cry The Stonecrop : ' See how loose to earth I grow, And draw my juicy nurture from the sky ; So draw not thou, fond man, thy root too low. But loosely...life's unearthly food — catch heaven's undying glow.' " KEY. RW EVAKS. The Tillcoa is the first family of the Stonecrop tribe. Common as Mr. Johns declares... | |
| 1869 - 182 pages
...And draw my juicy nurture from the sky ; So place not thou, fond man, thy root too low, But closely clinging here, From God's supernal sphere Draw Life's unearthly food — catch Heaven's undying glow. REV. RW EVANS. THE FALL OF THE LEAF. | EE, the leaves around us falling, Dry and wither'd to the ground... | |
| 1832 - 816 pages
...Stonecrop. See now loose to earth I grow, And draw my juicy nurture from the xky. So drive not thon, fond man, thy root too low ; But loosely clinging...unearthly food, catch heaven's undying glow. • Then preached the humble Strawberry. Behold The lowliest and least adorn'd of flowers Lies at thy feet;... | |
| C. F. Leyel - 2007 - 418 pages
...crop: 'See how loose to earth I grow, And draw my juicy nurture from the sky, So draw not thou,fond man, thy root too low, But loosely clinging here....life's unearthly food — catch Heaven's undying glow.' (Rev. RW EVANS) Botanical names: Sedum acre (Biting Stonecrop), Sedum reflexum (Crooked yellow), Sedum... | |
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