Beleaguered by the sullen hosts of winter, it [grass] withdraws into the impregnable fortress of its subterranean vitality, and emerges upon the first solicitation of spring.


In: David Josiah Brewer, The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, (Volume 6)


Beleaguered by the sullen hosts of winter, it [grass] withdraws into the impregnable fortress of its subterranean vitality, and emerges upon the...

Beleaguered by the sullen hosts of winter, it [grass] withdraws into the impregnable fortress of its subterranean vitality, and emerges upon the...

Beleaguered by the sullen hosts of winter, it [grass] withdraws into the impregnable fortress of its subterranean vitality, and emerges upon the...

Beleaguered by the sullen hosts of winter, it [grass] withdraws into the impregnable fortress of its subterranean vitality, and emerges upon the...