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Quotes by Sarah F. Davis

4 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

Dodder. Cuscuta. In the roadside thicket hiding, Sing, robin, sing! See the yellow dodder, gliding, Ring, bluebells, ring! Like a living skein inlacing, Coiling, climbing, turning, chasing, Through the fragrant sweet-fern racing- Laugh, O murmuring Spring!— filed under Flowers-Forget-Me-Not

Monotropa, or Ghost Flower. Where the long, slant rays are beaming, Where the shadows cool lie dreaming, Pale the Indian pipes are gleaming- Laugh, O murmuring Spring!— filed under Flowers-Ivy

Orchid. Orchis. In the marsh pink orchid's faces, With their coy and dainty graces, Lure us to their hiding places- Laugh, O murmuring Spring!— filed under Flowers-Pansy

Starred forget-me-nots smile sweetly, Ring, blue-bells, ring! Winning eye and heart completely, Sing, robin, sing! All among the reeds and rushes, Where the brook its music hushes, Bright the calopogon blushes, - Laugh, O murmuring Spring!— filed under Sculpture