The Poetry of Flowers and Flowers of Poetry: To which are Added, a Simple Treatise on Botany, with Familiar Examples, and a Copious Floral DictionaryFrances Sargent Osgood J. C. Riker, 1848 - 276 páginas |
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... a thousand ills can brave , Speaks in thy blue leaves , Forget - me - not . Then gather a wreath from the garden bowers , And tell the wish of thy heart in flowers . PERCIVAL . Lady M. W. Montague was one of the first to INTRODUCTION . 21.
... a thousand ills can brave , Speaks in thy blue leaves , Forget - me - not . Then gather a wreath from the garden bowers , And tell the wish of thy heart in flowers . PERCIVAL . Lady M. W. Montague was one of the first to INTRODUCTION . 21.
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... wish to avenge herself on a tyrant who has treated her with cruelty , she may , with a single flow- eret of the lily ... wishes to inspire a sentiment of lively and pure affection . If he should return a rose , it would be as though he ...
... wish to avenge herself on a tyrant who has treated her with cruelty , she may , with a single flow- eret of the lily ... wishes to inspire a sentiment of lively and pure affection . If he should return a rose , it would be as though he ...
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... wishes not , in his constant heart , for more than the sweet breath of his beloved rose . " Oh , sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale ; And , to some meaner minstrel's lay Open her bosom's glowing veil , Then ...
... wishes not , in his constant heart , for more than the sweet breath of his beloved rose . " Oh , sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale ; And , to some meaner minstrel's lay Open her bosom's glowing veil , Then ...
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... wish to be always reposing under it — to listen to the murmurs of its branches , and breathe its delicious perfumes . The magnificent chestnut and the slen- der acacia have each disputed the right of the Linden - tree , to hold a place ...
... wish to be always reposing under it — to listen to the murmurs of its branches , and breathe its delicious perfumes . The magnificent chestnut and the slen- der acacia have each disputed the right of the Linden - tree , to hold a place ...
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... wishes to culti- vate letters , eloquence , and poetry , that to merit the laurel crown , it is necessary to bear for a long time that of patience and med- itation . After Romulus had drawn the plan of Rome on the land which gave him ...
... wishes to culti- vate letters , eloquence , and poetry , that to merit the laurel crown , it is necessary to bear for a long time that of patience and med- itation . After Romulus had drawn the plan of Rome on the land which gave him ...
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acacia acanthus adorn agrimony amaranth amid ancient bloom blossom blue blush bower branches breath bright brilliant brow buds calyx charms cheek colour crown cypress daisy delicate delight Digynia Dog Rose drooping earth ELIZA COOK emblem eyes fair Flora foliage fragrant fresh fruit garden garlands glow golden grace grass green grow happy heart heaven hour innocent Laurustinus leaf leaves light lilac lily lips Marygold MOORE moss Myrtilus myrtle nature night o'er odour ORDER-Monagynia perfume pericarp petals Pink pistils plant pleasure poet poppies pride primrose pure purple Purple Clover rays Rest-Harrow rich root rose seeds sentiments shade shrub sighs sleep smile soft sorrow soul species Spiked Speedwell spring Squirting Cucumber stamens star stem sweet tears teints tender thee thine thorns tree tulip Venus's Looking-Glass verdure vervain violet waves WAX MYRTLE Wax-Plant wild Willow-Herb wings wood-sorrel yellow young youth
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Página 219 - To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran; And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man. Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.
Página 60 - Alas! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love! Hearts that the world in vain had tried And sorrow but more closely tied; That stood the storm when waves were rough Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea When heaven was all tranquillity!
Página 211 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close ; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Página 107 - Ah, what a life were this! how sweet! how lovely! Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings that fear their subjects
Página 154 - For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Página 231 - Oh! too convincing — dangerously dear — In woman's eye the unanswerable tear ! That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue — at once her spear and shield: Avoid it — Virtue ebbs and Wisdom errs, Too fondly gazing on that grief of hers ! What lost a world, and hade a hero fly ? The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
Página 131 - Who, in their nightly watchful spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. By dimpled brook and fountain brim, The wood-nymphs, decked with daisies trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep.
Página 143 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Página 202 - And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
Página 228 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...