 Within the sun-lit forest, Our roof the bright blue sky, Where fountains flow, and wild flowers blow, We lift our hearts on high : Beneath the frown of wicked men Our country's strength is bowing ; But, thanks to God, they can't prevent The lone wild...  The New Monthly Magazine - Page 4131833Full view - About this book
 | 1891 - 556 pages
...roof the bright blue sky, Where streamlets flow, and wild flowers blow, We lift our hearts on high ; Our country's strength is bowing; But, thanks to God, they, can't prevent The lone wild- flower from blowing ! Ebenezer Elliott. The green earth sends its incense up From every mountain shrine... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...the sombre yew, 570 The slender fir that taper grows, The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs. DYER. High, high above the tree-tops The lark is soaring...light through broken clouds, His speckled breast I see : Beneath the might of wicked men The poor man's worth is dying ; But, thank'd be God ! in spite... | |
 | 1883 - 800 pages
...may come to the tired citizen compelled to go far beyond Islington now to find a village solitude. " Within the sunlit forest, Our roof the bright blue sky, Where fountains flow, and wild flowers blow, To lift the heart on high : When high above the tree-tops The lark is soaring free ; Where streams... | |
 | 1833 - 538 pages
...animate their love of beauty, and their faith in imagination, in the immortal air of his Elysium. £3" FOREST WORSHIP. BY THE AUTHOR OF " CORN-LAW RHYMES."...prevent The lone wild flowers from blowing ! High, high-above the tree-tops The lark is soaring free ; Where streams the light through broken clouds His... | |
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