Flowers and their associationsCharles Knight and Company, 22 Ludgate Street, 1840 - 409 páginas |
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... the general reader . She has taken indiscriminately , as the subject of her observations , the flower which , blooming on the parterre of a British garden , has been brought thither from a distant country ; or the little a 2.
... the general reader . She has taken indiscriminately , as the subject of her observations , the flower which , blooming on the parterre of a British garden , has been brought thither from a distant country ; or the little a 2.
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Anne Pratt. brought thither from a distant country ; or the little wild blossom which lends a charm to our native meadows , or is reflected by the limpid waters of our streams , or hides in the green recesses of the shady woods . To ...
Anne Pratt. brought thither from a distant country ; or the little wild blossom which lends a charm to our native meadows , or is reflected by the limpid waters of our streams , or hides in the green recesses of the shady woods . To ...
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Anne Pratt. old legends connected with many of them , and which have brought down to us so much of the feelings and habits of other days . There is something in the love of any portion of nature , which is calculated to produce kindly ...
Anne Pratt. old legends connected with many of them , and which have brought down to us so much of the feelings and habits of other days . There is something in the love of any portion of nature , which is calculated to produce kindly ...
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Anne Pratt. either yellow or white ; the skill of the florist having brought it to its present colour of brown or purple , sometimes varied with a green or white edge ; it was formerly known by the name of mountain cowslip , or bear's ...
Anne Pratt. either yellow or white ; the skill of the florist having brought it to its present colour of brown or purple , sometimes varied with a green or white edge ; it was formerly known by the name of mountain cowslip , or bear's ...
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... brought A cheerful home - a gladdening thought . It wore not just the modest hue , Of that which in his native dell , Impearled with early morning's dew , Of spring and pleasant days would tell ; But a wild primrose was it still ...
... brought A cheerful home - a gladdening thought . It wore not just the modest hue , Of that which in his native dell , Impearled with early morning's dew , Of spring and pleasant days would tell ; But a wild primrose was it still ...
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abundant agave aloe ancient anemone beauty belong Ben Jonson berries bindweed birds bloom blossoms blue botanists bough breath bright carnations climate clusters colour common compound flowers convolvulus covered cowslip crocus cultivated daisy delight earth England Europe favourite field florist foliage fragrant garden gathered grass green grows wild handsome hang hawthorn hedges henna herb hyacinth John's-wort kind land leaf leaves lilac lilac colour lily Linnæus meadow mountain myrtle native nature nosegay odour orchis ornament pale parterre perfume petals pimpernel pink plant pleasant poet pretty primrose pulque purple remarkable resembling rich root rose rosemary saffron salep says scarlet pimpernel scent season seeds shrub snowdrop soil species spot spring stamens stem stream succory summer sweet sweet woodruff thought tint trees vegetable Venus's looking-glass violet wallflower wander white flowers wild flowers winds winter wood wood anemone yellow
Pasajes populares
Página 82 - 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...
Página 166 - 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.
Página 226 - 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.
Página 147 - 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.
Página 96 - 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!
Página 166 - To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and green, And sweet as Flora.
Página 376 - 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.
Página 165 - 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.
Página 165 - 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...
Página 301 - 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.