...most exquisite thus far produced in America. Thou blossom, bright with autumn dew, And colored with heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light...brooks and springs unseen, Or columbines, in purple drest, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late, and com'st alone, When woods are...

...gentian. My stem is round and smooth, and I have one single large flower. "Bryant says of me — " ' Thou blossom, bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue.' " My flower does not stay open all day. It closes in the afternoon. " I have a bitter juice, and am...

...FAMILY). Oentiana (Tourn.) L. Gentian, crinita Froel. Fringed Gentian. In low meadows and pastures. "Thou blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored...dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest." WC BRYANT'S Poems: To the Fringed Gentian. Andrewaii Griseb. Closed Gentian. In moist soil, common....

...doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. 12. Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks...purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground-bird's hidden nest. 13. For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking ; 'Tis Heaven...

...thought her conduct had been too wicked to be alluded to. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Thou blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with...heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light Sticceeds the keen and frosty night, Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds...

...Bryant's poem, To the Blue Gentian, though of course she could not speak all the words plainly : " Thou blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with the heaven's own blue, Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen. Thou waitest late and com'st...

...Yours lovingly, Irene Morris. SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING PRESCRIBED BY THE NEW YORK CITY COURSE OF STUDY TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN Thou blossom bright with autumn dew. And colored with heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and frosty night. Thou comest...

...following lines from Bryant's "To the Fringed Gentian" might be used in speaking of the aster also. "Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering...unseen, Or columbines in purple dressed. Nod o'er the ground bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and comest alone When woods are bare and birds are flown....

...Copy on paper the following quotations, and underline the words that hace prefixes or suffixes : — Thou comest not when violets lean O'er wandering brooks and springs unseen. — BRYANT. For plowing in the salt sea field It would have made the boldest shudder; Untarred, uncompassed,...

...fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. — HENRY WADSWOHTH LONGFELLOW. TO THE FRINGED GENTIAN Thou blossom bright with autumn...unseen, Or columbines, in purple dressed, Nod o'er the ground bird's hidden nest. Thou waitest late and com'st alone, When woods are bare and birds are flown,...