 | American Library Association. General Meeting - 1895 - 126 pages
...long, hot journey, it was most refreshing to find a flowery welcome in our rooms, for " Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings." And these flowers... | |
 | John Keats - 1896 - 350 pages
...: So haply when I rove in some far vale, 55 His mighty voice may come upon the gale. Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight : With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. 60 And watch intently... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...In too much haste to wed, And clasps her rings on every hand, ft. HOOD — Flowers. Here are sweet . 2. L. 17. For I am sick and capable of fears, Opress'd with wrongs, and ther And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. c. KEATS — I Stood... | |
 | John Keats - 1896 - 338 pages
...blisses: So haply when I rove in some far vale, 55 His mighty voice may come upon the gale. Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight: With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. 6° And watch intently... | |
 | John Keats - 1896 - 348 pages
...: So haply when I rove in some far vale, 55 His mighty voice may come upon the gale. Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight : With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. 60 Linger awhile... | |
 | 1896 - 728 pages
...with eagle eye He stared at the Pacific ?? 6. To what flowers do these descriptions apply ? (i) ' A tiptoe for a flight With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white.' (3) ' Mid-May's eldest child . . . Full of dewy wine.' (3) ' With her silvery light Is called the Mistress... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1897 - 136 pages
...came and took us away. We were glad we grew for her. It was better than flying away. Here are sweet peas on tiptoe for a flight — With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. A Pea Story. We have... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1897 - 136 pages
...came and took We were glad we grew for her. It was better than flying away. us away. Here are sweet peas on tiptoe for a flight — With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. A Pea Story. We have... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1897 - 398 pages
...such a family heirloom. I associate these hummers with sweet - peas, whose blossoms are always ". . . on tiptoe for a flight ; With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings," for a little couple... | |
 | Charles Frederick Johnson - 1898 - 312 pages
...reminds us of Milton's "glowing violet." His love of the beautiful is shown in phrases like— " Sweet peas on tiptoe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white." "The chequered shadows." "The swarms of minnows Swaying their wavy bodies against the streams To taste... | |
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Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight: With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. 
