| A. C. Seward - 1922 - 154 pages
...in nature is well illustrated in many parts of Greenland; one is reminded of Ruskin's description: Far above, among the mountains, the silver lichen...the gathering orange stain, upon the edge of yonder peak, reflects the sunsets of a thousand years To them, slow-fingered, constanthearted, is entrusted... | |
| John Drinkwater - 1927 - 604 pages
...share also its endurance; and while the winds of departing spring scatter the white hawthornblossom like drifted snow, and summer dims on the parched meadow the drooping of its cowslip-gold — far above, among the mountains, the silver lichen-spots rest, starlike, on the stone;... | |
| Warner Taylor - 1923 - 532 pages
...share also its endurance; and while the winds of departing spring scatter the white hawthorn blossom like drifted snow, and summer dims on the parched meadow the drooping of its cowslip-gold, — far above, among the mountains, the silver lichen-spots rest, star-like, on the stone;... | |
| Warner Taylor - 1927 - 668 pages
...its endurance; and while the winds of departing spring scatter the white hawthorne blossoms like the drifted snow, and summer dims on the parched meadow...gold, — far above, among the mountains, the silver lichen-spots rest, star-like, on the stone; and the gathering orange stain upon the edge of yonder... | |
| University of Iowa - 1928 - 760 pages
...share also its endurance; and while the winds of departing spring scatter the white hawthorne blossoms like drifted snow, and summer dims on the parched...gold, far above among the mountains the silver lichen rests starlike on the stone, and the gathering orange upon the edge of yonder western peak reflects... | |
| Irwin M. Brodo, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Stephen Sharnoff, Canadian Museum of Nature - 2001 - 838 pages
...share also its endurance; ami while the winds of departing spring scatter the white hawthorn blossoms like drifted snow, and summer dims on the parched meadow the drooping of its cowslip-gold—far above, among the mountains the silver lichen-spots rest, star-like, on the stone,... | |
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