...— But the noblest thing which perish'd there Was thatyoung faithful heart ! THE DIAL OF FLOWERS * 'TWAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they...each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose color' d vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean-shell. To such sweet...

...the root whence affection springs, Though buried, it is not of mortal things — THE DIAL OF FLOWERS. 'TWAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they...each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose color'd vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean-shell. To such sweet...

...lulls his last agonies to rest in the grave ! EXERCISE VIII. " The Dial of Flowers," by MRS HEMANS. 'Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they...each moment its own rich hue And its graceful cup and bell, In whose coloured vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean-shell. To such sweet...

...passing of our years. I love to call to mind those beautiful lines of the gifted Mrs. Hemans : " ' 'Twos a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated...each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose color'd vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean shell. To such sweet...

...pleasure shall unto me garnet THE FLOWER-DIAL. l: l MRS. HEMAN3. 'TWAS a lovely thought to mark the houra, As they floated in light away, By the opening and...each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose colour'd vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean shell. To such sweet...

...passing of our years. I love to call to mind those beautiful lines of the gifted Mrs. Hemans : " ' "Twos a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated...the folding flowers, That laugh to the summer's day. THE SISTERS. Thus had each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose color'd...

...given, — Oil ! lay thy lovely dreams aside, Or lift them unto heaven. THE DIAL OF FLOWERS.* "T WAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated...That laugh to the summer's day. Thus had each moment it? own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose coloured vase might sleep the dew, Like a...

...Whene'er his faith is dim ; For whoso eareth for the flowers, Will mueh more eare for him ! 'T was a lovely thought to mark the hours As they floated...the folding flowers That laugh to the summer's day : Oh ! let us live, so that flower by flower, Shutting in turn, may leave A lingerer still for the...

...Encyclopaedia of Gardening) the form of a flower dial. It may be interesting to many of my readers : — 'Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours As they floated...opening and the folding flowers That laugh to the summer day.f Mr. Hemans. * This poem (The Sugar Cane) when read in manuscript at Sir Joshua Keynolds's,...

...triumphantly ; and she repeated the graceful and now well-known stanzas, beginning, — " 'Twas a beautiful thought to mark the hours, As they floated in light...the folding flowers That laugh to the summer's day." Had the beautiful little address to the scarlet pimpernel, by the author of " Lays and Legends of the...