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Quotes by S. Julia C. R. Dorr
Honeysuckle. Lonicera. Around in silent grandeur stood The stately children of the wood; Maple and elm and towering pine Mantled in folds of dark woodbine.— filed under Flowers-Honeysuckle
My birthday!-"How many years ago? Twenty or thirty?" Don't ask me! "Forty or fifty?"-How can I tell? I do not remember my birth, you see!— filed under Birthday
And all the meadows, wide unrolled, Were green and silver, green and gold, Where buttercups and daisies spun Their shining tissues in the sun.— filed under Flirting
The harebells nod as she passes by, The violet lifts its tender eye, The ferns bend her steps to greet, And the mosses creep to her dancing feet.— filed under Flirting
Up from the gardens floated the perfume Of roses and myrtle, in their perfect bloom.— filed under Flirting
The Mayflowers bloomed and perished, And the sweet June roses died!— filed under Flowers-Apple Blossoms
From Abroad. The buttercups, bright-eyed and bold, Held up their chalices of gold To catch the sunshine and the dew.— filed under Flowers-Azalea
Harebell. Campanula rotundifolia. In the hemlock's fragrant shadow Harebells nod by the drowsy pool.— filed under Flowers-Gorse
The harebell trembled on its stem Down where the rushing waters gleam.— filed under Flowers-Gorse
Heliotrope. Heliotropium. While heliotropes with meekly lifted brow, Say to me: "Go not yet."— filed under Flowers-Honeysuckle
Place of Retirement. Where the golden stars of the jasmine glow, And the roses bloom alway!— filed under Flowers-Ivy
And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light, Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer; Their pure breath sanctifies the air, As its fragrance fills the night.— filed under Flowers-Lily
O beautiful, royal Rose, O Rose, so fair and sweet! Queen of the garden art thou, And I-the Clay at thy feet! * * * * * * Yet, O thou beautiful Rose! Queen rose, so fair and sweet, What were lover or crown to thee Without the Clay at thy feet?— filed under Flowers-Rose
Stars will blossom in the darkness, Violets bloom beneath the snow.— filed under Flowers-Violet
Wedding. Yet there upon that upland height The darlings of the early spring- Blue violets-were blossoming.— filed under Flowers-Violet
Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it groweth old, And life's latest sands are its sands of gold! S.— filed under Goodness
Grass grows at last above all graves.— filed under Herbage
Fie upon thee, November! thou dost ape The airs of thy young sisters, *** thou hast stolen The witching smile of May to grace thy lip, And April's rare capricious loveliness Thou 'rt trying to put on!— filed under Months-October
What dost thou bring to me, O fair To-day, That comest o'er the mountains with swift feet?— filed under To-Day
Pluck the acacia's golden balls, And mark where the red pomegranate falls. C.— filed under Trees And Plants-Acacia