Flowers and their associationsCharles Knight and Company, 22 Ludgate Street, 1840 - 409 oldal |
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8. oldal
... and rare in any , except in those lands which are situated in the hottest regions of the globe . Light is of great importance to plants , enabling them to derive nutriment from the matter which they extract from the INTRODUCTION .
... and rare in any , except in those lands which are situated in the hottest regions of the globe . Light is of great importance to plants , enabling them to derive nutriment from the matter which they extract from the INTRODUCTION .
10. oldal
... red leaf , the last of its clan , That dances as often as dance it can ; Hanging so light , and hanging so high , From the topmost twig that looks up at the sky . " The prevalence of crimson foliage is , however , often 10 INTRODUCTION .
... red leaf , the last of its clan , That dances as often as dance it can ; Hanging so light , and hanging so high , From the topmost twig that looks up at the sky . " The prevalence of crimson foliage is , however , often 10 INTRODUCTION .
19. oldal
... light in sunshine are seldom contrasted by so pale a hue as that worn by these little blossoms , -for white flowers are found most in northern lands , or in the early season of temperate climes . In moderately tempered regions , however ...
... light in sunshine are seldom contrasted by so pale a hue as that worn by these little blossoms , -for white flowers are found most in northern lands , or in the early season of temperate climes . In moderately tempered regions , however ...
69. oldal
... light and shadow - of form and colouring ; and the wearied spirit lose in soft slumbers , the con- sciousness of sorrow , or indulge in pensive re- collections , undisturbed by the soft melodies around him , which will rather mingle ...
... light and shadow - of form and colouring ; and the wearied spirit lose in soft slumbers , the con- sciousness of sorrow , or indulge in pensive re- collections , undisturbed by the soft melodies around him , which will rather mingle ...
70. oldal
... light seed from the feathery grass , But where the dead leaf falls there does it rest . " Several kinds of crowfoot contribute to the gay clothing of the mead ; but the bulbous - rooted species ( Ranúnculus bulbósus ) is the flower ...
... light seed from the feathery grass , But where the dead leaf falls there does it rest . " Several kinds of crowfoot contribute to the gay clothing of the mead ; but the bulbous - rooted species ( Ranúnculus bulbósus ) is the flower ...
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82. oldal - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
166. oldal - Come, my Corinna, come; and, coming, mark How each field turns a street, each street a park Made green and trimm'd with trees: see how Devotion gives each house a bough Or branch: each porch, each door, ere this An ark, a tabernacle is, Made up of white-thorn neatly interwove; As if here were those cooler shades of love.
226. oldal - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears: Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
147. oldal - You haste away so soon: As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing.
96. oldal - twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new; Where from above the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run; And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers!
166. oldal - To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and green, And sweet as Flora.
376. oldal - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
165. oldal - And sung their thankful hymns: 'tis sin, Nay, profanation, to keep in, — Whenas a thousand virgins on this day, Spring, sooner than the lark, to fetch in May.
165. oldal - In the month of May, namely, on May-day in the morning, every man, except impediment, would walk into the sweet meadows and green woods, there to rejoice their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet flowers, and with the harmony of birds, praising God in their kind...
301. oldal - The soul of a true Christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see in the spring of the year, low and humble, on the ground; opening its bosom to receive the pleasant beams of the sun's glory; rejoicing, as it were, in a calm rapture; diffusing around a sweet fragrancy; standing peacefully and lovingly in the midst of other flowers round about; all, in like manner, opening their bosoms to drink in the light of the sun.