 Then youthful box, which now hath grace Your houses to renew, Grown old, surrender must his place Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside, Both of a fresh and fragrant kin, To honour Whitsuntide.  Wild flowers of the year [by A. Pratt]. - Pàgina 53per Anne Pratt - 1799 - 284 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Harrison Smith Morris - 1891 - 268 pàgines
...Your houses to renew, Grown old, surrender must his place Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside, Both of a fresh and fragrant kin, To honor Whitsuntide. Green rushes then, and sweetest bents, With cooler oaken boughs, Come in for comely... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1892 - 362 pàgines
...surrender must his place, Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many a flower beside ; Both of a fresh and fragrant kin To honour Whitsuntide. Green rushes then, and sweetest bents, With cooler oaken boughs ; Come in for comely ornaments, To re-adorn the house. Thus... | |
 | Katharine Lee Bates - 1893 - 272 pàgines
...houses to renew ' Grown old, surrender must his place, Unto the crisped yew. " When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside ; Both of a fresh and fragrant kinne To honor Whitsuntide. " Green rushes then, and sweetest bents, With cooler oken boughs, Come... | |
 | Lady Eveline Camilla Gurdon - 1893 - 226 pàgines
...evergreen suitable at particular seasons for the decoration of houses, says: — " When Yew is out, then Birch comes in, And many flowers beside, Both of a fresh and fragrant Kinne, To honour Whitsontide." biennial, triennial, etc. And at its extremities, where a marked tree... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1893 - 338 pàgines
...houses to renew ; Grown old, surrender must his place, Unto the crisped Yew. When Yew is out, then Birch comes in, And many Flowers beside ; Both of a fresh and fragrant kinne To honour Whitsontide. Green Rushes then, and sweetest Bents, With cooler Oken boughs ; Come... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 530 pàgines
...Your houses to renew, Grown old, surrender must his place Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside, Both of a...kin, To honour Whitsuntide. Green rushes then, and sweetest bents, With cooler oaken boughs, Come in for comely ornaments, To re-adorn the house. Thus... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1895 - 282 pàgines
...houses to renew, 10 Grown old, surrender must his place Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside, Both of a fresh and fragrant kin, '5 To honor Whitsuntide. Green rushes then, and sweetest bents, With cooler oaken boughs, Come in for... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896 - 520 pàgines
...Your houses to renew, Grown old, surrender must his place Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside, Both of a...kin, To honour Whitsuntide. Green rushes then, and sweetest bents, With cooler oaken boughs, Come in for comely ornaments, To re-adorn the house. Thus... | |
 | Mrs. Evelyn Cecil - 1896 - 436 pàgines
...mistletoe ; — Instead of Holly, now upraise The greener box, for show. * * * When yew is out and birch comes in, And many flowers beside Both of a...kin To honour Whitsuntide. Green rushes then, and sweetest bents* With cooler open boughs, Come in for comely ornaments To re-adorn the house." HERRICK,... | |
 | 1898 - 730 pàgines
...Your houses to renew, Grown old, surrender must his place Unto the crisped yew. When yew is out, then birch comes in, And many flowers beside, Both of a...kin, To honour Whitsuntide. Green rushes then and sweetest bents, With cooler oaken boughs, Come in for comely ornaments To re-adorn the house. Thus... | |
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