Flora Historica: Or, The Three Seasons of the British Parterre Historically and Botanically Treated : with Observations on Planting, to Secure a Regular Succession of Flowers from the Commencement of Spring to the End of Autumn, Volume 1E. Lloyd & son, 1829 - Botany |
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... Poets of all ages have sung the joys of this flowery month . Milton exclaims , * It is related of the famous wit George Selwyn , that walking one May - day through the streets of London , and observing the chimney - sweepers bedizened ...
... Poets of all ages have sung the joys of this flowery month . Milton exclaims , * It is related of the famous wit George Selwyn , that walking one May - day through the streets of London , and observing the chimney - sweepers bedizened ...
Page xix
... poets , our copious extracts will prove . In all countries flowers have been made the happy accompaniment of bridal parties , as we have stated in the body of this work they have likewise been made the representatives of regard to ...
... poets , our copious extracts will prove . In all countries flowers have been made the happy accompaniment of bridal parties , as we have stated in the body of this work they have likewise been made the representatives of regard to ...
Page xx
... poets of the day divided amongst themselves the task of making verses upon the flowers . The great Corneille wrote for the Orange Flower and the Everlasting . Julia , on the day of her marriage , found this pre- XX INTRODUCTION .
... poets of the day divided amongst themselves the task of making verses upon the flowers . The great Corneille wrote for the Orange Flower and the Everlasting . Julia , on the day of her marriage , found this pre- XX INTRODUCTION .
Page xxi
... poetry and painting is not known . The decorative parts of architecture were originally derived from flowers and plants . The Lotus flower presents us with a model of the principal embellishment of Indian build- ings , and the palm ...
... poetry and painting is not known . The decorative parts of architecture were originally derived from flowers and plants . The Lotus flower presents us with a model of the principal embellishment of Indian build- ings , and the palm ...
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... Poets to our recollection , and we are almost ready to exclaim , That hut is mine ; that cottage half - embower'd With modest Jessamine , and that sweet spot Of garden ground , where , ranged in neat array , Grew countless sweets , the ...
... Poets to our recollection , and we are almost ready to exclaim , That hut is mine ; that cottage half - embower'd With modest Jessamine , and that sweet spot Of garden ground , where , ranged in neat array , Grew countless sweets , the ...
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Page 48 - O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From 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...
Page 85 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 223 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 120 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 74 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 86 - Thick set with agate, and the azurn sheen Of turkis blue, and emerald green, That in the channel strays; Whilst from off the waters fleet Thus I set my printless feet O'er the cowslip's velvet head, That bends not as I tread.
Page 78 - It was a barren scene, and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled ; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green ; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honey-suckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruin'd wall.
Page 170 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 216 - There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream ; There with fantastic garlands did she come Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples...
Page 135 - On the charmed eye, th' exulting florist marks, With secret pride, the wonders of his hand. No gradual bloom is wanting from the bud, First-born of Spring, to Summer's musky tribes : Nor hyacinths, of purest virgin white...