Flowers and Flower-gardensD'Rozario and Company, 1855 - 232 Seiten |
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... species of grass called Doob grass , ( Panicum Dactylon , ) but it only flourishes on wide and exposed plains with few trees on them , and on the sides of public roads . Shakespeare makes Falstaff say that " the camomile the more it is ...
... species of grass called Doob grass , ( Panicum Dactylon , ) but it only flourishes on wide and exposed plains with few trees on them , and on the sides of public roads . Shakespeare makes Falstaff say that " the camomile the more it is ...
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... species introduced into England . Happening to be with Lady Suffolk when she received a parcel from Spain , he observed that it was bound with green twigs which looked as 66 if they might vegetate . " Perhaps , " ON FLOWERS AND FLOWER ...
... species introduced into England . Happening to be with Lady Suffolk when she received a parcel from Spain , he observed that it was bound with green twigs which looked as 66 if they might vegetate . " Perhaps , " ON FLOWERS AND FLOWER ...
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... species in Scotland , which is of a deep purple . And even in England ( in some of the northern counties ) there is a primrose , the bird's - eye primrose , ( Primula farinosa , ) of which the blossom is lilac colored and the leaves ...
... species in Scotland , which is of a deep purple . And even in England ( in some of the northern counties ) there is a primrose , the bird's - eye primrose , ( Primula farinosa , ) of which the blossom is lilac colored and the leaves ...
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... species of this tree into which a rude and licentious fellow was converted as a punishment for " banishing the fair , " with indecent words and gestures . The poet tells us of a secluded grotto surrounded by trembling reeds once ...
... species of this tree into which a rude and licentious fellow was converted as a punishment for " banishing the fair , " with indecent words and gestures . The poet tells us of a secluded grotto surrounded by trembling reeds once ...
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... species between scilla and hyacinthus : the form and drooping habit of its flower connecting it with the latter , while the six pieces that form the two outer circles , being separate to the base , give it the technical character of the ...
... species between scilla and hyacinthus : the form and drooping habit of its flower connecting it with the latter , while the six pieces that form the two outer circles , being separate to the base , give it the technical character of the ...
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Seite 172 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, 'Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Seite 173 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Seite 15 - Harry, I do not only marvel where thou spendest thy time, but also how thou art accompanied : for though the camomile, the more it is trodden on the faster it grows, yet youth, the more it is wasted the sooner it wears.
Seite 163 - It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there.
Seite 131 - Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one...
Seite 197 - To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I eyed, Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers...
Seite 196 - 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!
Seite 168 - At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts...
Seite 134 - Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Seite 50 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend. To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let nature never be forgot.