| Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pages
...schools, Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild-flower's time and place, Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise bears...shine; Of the black wasp's cunning way, Mason of his walls of clay, And the architectural plans Of gray hornet artisans! For, eschewing books and tasks,... | |
| Doug Elliott - 1995 - 134 pages
...treasure houses stir up in us the feelings of John Greenleaf Whittier when he wrote, in The Barefoot Boy: Where the whitest lilies blow, Where the freshest...trails its vine, Where the wood-grape's clusters shine. Taraxacum officinale Compositae, Composite family OTHER COMMON NAMES: Priest's Crown, Swine's Snout,... | |
| Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...schools, Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild flower's time and place, Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise bears...his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the ground mole sinks his well How the robin feeds her young, How the oriole's nest is hung; Where the... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 2004 - 219 pages
...Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild-flower's time and place, Flight of fowl, and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise bears...shine; Of the black wasp's cunning way, Mason of his walls of clay, And the architectural plans Of gray, hornet artisans!— For, eschewing books and tasks,... | |
| Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; THE CYCLES How the tortoise bears his shell, OF LIFE How the woodchuck digs his cell, '"- And the ground-mole...shine; Of the black wasp's cunning way, Mason of his walls of clay, And the architectural plans Of gray hornet artisans! For, eschewing books and tasks,... | |
| Andrew M. Greeley, Mary G. Durkin - 2008 - 516 pages
...time and place, Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise bears bis shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the ground-mole...shine, Of the black wasp's cunning way, Mason of his walls of clay, And the architectural plans Of gray hornet artisans! For, eschewing books and tasks,... | |
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