Flowers and their associationsCharles Knight and Company, 22 Ludgate Street, 1840 - 409 oldal |
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9. oldal
Anne Pratt. derive nutriment from the matter which they extract from the soil . Plants exposed to a great degree of solar influence are not only harder and more vigorous , but also fuller of colour , than those of shady places ; and ...
Anne Pratt. derive nutriment from the matter which they extract from the soil . Plants exposed to a great degree of solar influence are not only harder and more vigorous , but also fuller of colour , than those of shady places ; and ...
14. oldal
... soils . In the summer this verdant covering pre- serves the trees from the heat of the sun , and by its power of readily imbibing , and long retaining , in its small cells , the moisture of the atmosphere , it secures the larger plant ...
... soils . In the summer this verdant covering pre- serves the trees from the heat of the sun , and by its power of readily imbibing , and long retaining , in its small cells , the moisture of the atmosphere , it secures the larger plant ...
19. oldal
... soil of the meadow or wood . The root of this flower , as well as that of the cowslip , has a strong scent of anise ; and per- sons who like this odour , often gather the root in March and dry it . It is said to c 2 PRIMROSE . 19.
... soil of the meadow or wood . The root of this flower , as well as that of the cowslip , has a strong scent of anise ; and per- sons who like this odour , often gather the root in March and dry it . It is said to c 2 PRIMROSE . 19.
28. oldal
... soil , But hardy natives of our own dear earth ; From many a field , and bank , and streamlet side , Transplanted , careful , with the adhering mould . The primrose , with her large indented leaves , And many blossoms , pale , expanded ...
... soil , But hardy natives of our own dear earth ; From many a field , and bank , and streamlet side , Transplanted , careful , with the adhering mould . The primrose , with her large indented leaves , And many blossoms , pale , expanded ...
74. oldal
... soil , its leaves , if before much divided , become more expanded in shape , and are soon covered with hairs . The texture of the plant becomes firmer , and adapts itself to an upright , instead of a floating position , and commonly it ...
... soil , its leaves , if before much divided , become more expanded in shape , and are soon covered with hairs . The texture of the plant becomes firmer , and adapts itself to an upright , instead of a floating position , and commonly it ...
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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.