...listless spirit stands, Ere long the Great Avenger takes the work from out his hands. TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold, High-hearted buccaneers,...

...down, the bells, in clear accord, Pealed forth the grand old German hymn,— TO THE DANDELION. | EAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...earth's ample round May match in wealth,, thou art more deal to me Than all the prouder summer-blooms may be. Gold such as thine ne'er drew the Spanish prow...

...for love and wonder. It is certainly one of the poet's very best. DEAR common flower, that growest beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless...High-hearted buccaneers,* o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado t in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth,— thou art...

...its medical effect ; the fact of its introduction from Europe ; the quotation of the lines, — , " Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold ;" — these would be historical instructions from the same simple flower. Then ask the child to tell...

...listless spirit stands, Erelong the Great Avenger takes the work from out his hauds. TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round Hay match in wealth, thon art more dear to me Than all the prouder summer-blooms may be. Gold such...

...life, you then are prized ; thus prized are poets too. WALTI« SAVAOI LAKDOE. TO THE DANDELION. DKAB common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...uphold— High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they Ад Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth !...

...listless spirit stands, Erelong the Great Avenger takes the work from out his hands. TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...and, full of pride uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyeil that they An Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May...

...and more familiar fiower may be properly quoted here as a tail-piece to this miniature essay : — " Dear common flower that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...and full of pride uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoy'd that they An El Dorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May...

...it, for its seed's sake, " Couronne de pretre." The poet Lowell thus celebrates its praise : — " Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing...blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, behold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An El Dorado in the grass have found, Which not...

...fills, And dances with the daffodils. William Wordsworth: 1770-1850. (See page 52.) TO THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge2 of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and full of pride uphold, High-hearted buccaneers,3...