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Australia’s Pioneers
by Mary Gilmore Even the old, long roads will remember and say, “Hither came they!” And the rain shall run in the ruts like tears; And the sun shine on them all the years, Saying, “These are the roads they trod” — They who are away with God. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words…
How Wonderful is the Advent of the Spring
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Ah, how wonderful is the advent of the spring! -the great annual miracle…. which no force can stay, no violence restrain, like love, that wins its way and cannot be withstood by any human power, because itself is divine power. If spring came but once in a century, instead of once…
So Frail are We
by Agnes Falconer So frail are we, pale are we, Mist-thin, ghost-white — Hark o’er us, spring’s chorus Trills all life’s delight! And no leaf stirs in all the wood Yet see! our blossoms quiver! Dance these not in thy solitude — Forever! Note: Windflower is the common name for Anemone blanda. As featured…
The First Day of Spring is One Thing
by Henry Van Dyke The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Henry Van Dyke Related posts: A…
There’s Rosemary That’s for Remembrance
by William Shakespeare There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. And there are pansies, that’s for thoughts. — Ophelia from Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5 Note: Today is the birthday of William Shakespeare. He was born on this day in 1564. The Bard’s works are loaded with references to plants and…
Seeming and Savor All Winter Long
by William Shakespeare There’s Rosemary and rue: these keep Seeming and savor all winter long. — Winter’s Garden Act 4 Scene 4 Note: Today is the birthday of William Shakespeare. He was born on this day in 1564. The Bard’s works are loaded with references to plants and gardens. Naturally, roses were…
I Know a Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows
by William Shakespeare Oberon: I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine: There sleeps Titania sometime of the night. — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 2, Scene 2 Note: Today is the birthday of…
The View from the Jore Mountains
by William Bartram It was now after noon; I approached a charming vale… Darkness gathers around, far distant thunder rolls over the trembling hills… all around is now still as death. A total inactivity and silence seem to pervade the earth; the birds afraid to utter a chirrup… nothing heard but the roaring of the…
A Primrose by a River’s Brim
A primrose by a river’s brim Is not a rose nor Is it prim. Note: Primrose Day is April 19th. On April 30, 1947, the little primrose verse above was printed in the Chicago Tribune. Primrose Day commemorates the death date of Queen Victoria’s favorite Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. His favorite flower was the Primrose.…
Primroses and Prayers
by Nancy Cardozo This is a primrose morning, The wind has put up her hair; The bells, hung in my cherry tree, are still – No birds feast there. I walked up the noon hill, Saddest of prim things. I met a fair child selling bunches of butterfly wings. I gave him a painted ball…
Black-Eyed Susan
by John Gay All in the Downs the fleet was moored, The streamers waving to the wind When Black-Eyed Susan came on board; Oh! Where shall I, my true love find? Tell me, ye jovial sailors, tell me true, If my sweet William sails among your crew. William, who high upon the yard, Rocked with…
Susan Came to Maryland
by The Baltimore Sun Susan came to Maryland, not on the Ark or the Dove, but a migrant from the Midwest mixed in clover and hayseed. Note: Today, on April 18, in 1918, Maryland selected the Black-Eyed Susan as the State Flower. This was after much debate. The Baltimore Sun, among many others,…
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