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... light green leaf , And gather'd in a head ? Did you e'er see the leaves themselves , Of little leaflets made ? Or pluck its curved and jointed fruit ? - If so , you've been repaid . If not , go search the commons round , ' Tis delicate ...
... light green leaf , And gather'd in a head ? Did you e'er see the leaves themselves , Of little leaflets made ? Or pluck its curved and jointed fruit ? - If so , you've been repaid . If not , go search the commons round , ' Tis delicate ...
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... Light as the vestal's silken veil , That muffles beauty's smile . J. HOLLAND . Moss that gathers on the stone , Crown'd with its little knobs of flowers , is seen . CLARE . THE upright philosopher of the land of Uz , and 30 WILD FLOWERS.
... Light as the vestal's silken veil , That muffles beauty's smile . J. HOLLAND . Moss that gathers on the stone , Crown'd with its little knobs of flowers , is seen . CLARE . THE upright philosopher of the land of Uz , and 30 WILD FLOWERS.
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... light fertile dust o'er the glade . ANON . THY place is not where art exults to raise the ten- der flower , By terraced walk or deck'd parterre , or fenced or shelter'd bow'r ; Nor where the straitly - level'd walls of tangled boughs ...
... light fertile dust o'er the glade . ANON . THY place is not where art exults to raise the ten- der flower , By terraced walk or deck'd parterre , or fenced or shelter'd bow'r ; Nor where the straitly - level'd walls of tangled boughs ...
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... light . On its pale leaves of clearest green , The little floweret lies , And is to all by whom ' tis seen , The prophet of bright skies . LE BOUQUET DES SOUVENIRS . ADAPTED . FLOWERS of the wild wood ! your home is there , ' Mid all ...
... light . On its pale leaves of clearest green , The little floweret lies , And is to all by whom ' tis seen , The prophet of bright skies . LE BOUQUET DES SOUVENIRS . ADAPTED . FLOWERS of the wild wood ! your home is there , ' Mid all ...
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... light On a brow more proudly fair , Most unlike this simple wight . Ah ! not thine alone the spell ; Others , too , can drug the bowl ! Like this flower of woodland dell , Oft the Circe of the soul Dwells retired in secret cell . There ...
... light On a brow more proudly fair , Most unlike this simple wight . Ah ! not thine alone the spell ; Others , too , can drug the bowl ! Like this flower of woodland dell , Oft the Circe of the soul Dwells retired in secret cell . There ...
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adore ANON aspect gay autumn azure beauty beneath birds BISHOP MANT bloom blossoms blue bonny wee flower BOUQUET DES SOUVENIRS bower breath breeze bright charms CLARE contemplate Cornflowers CORYDALIS cowslip Creator crown dark delicate delight e'er earth fade fair fern field flesh is grass flow'ret foliage Forget-me-Not form'd fragrant garden gaze glory glow golden grace grass green leaf grow hath heart heath heaven holy hour hues humble leaves lesson LICHEN Lord MALLOW meadows MISS TWAMLEY morning moss mossy tribe N. P. WILLIS Nature's NIGHTSHADE o'er pale PALE flowers parterre perfume plant pleasure POPPY power Divine pride pure ragged Robin religious minds Serene shade shed shine shun silent smiles soft soul spring STONECROP storms summer Supreme Intelligence sweet thee There's things thyme tree TREFOIL voice walk Wall-Flower wild thyme wonders Ye're types YELLOW PIMPERNEL
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Page 53 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is...
Page 1 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Page 47 - Our outward life requires them not — Then wherefore had they birth ? — To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth ; To comfort man — to whisper hope, Whene'er his faith is dim, For who so careth for the flowers Will much more care for him ! Mary Howitt.
Page 25 - O'ershadows all the earth and skies, Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes. That sacred gloom, those fires divine, So grand, so countless. Lord! are thine. When youthful spring around us breathes, Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ; And every flower the summer wreathes Is born beneath that kindling eye. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 65 - Thy hand has graced him. Nestled at his root Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation of the indwelling Life, A visible token of the upholding Love, That are the soul of this wide universe.
Page 59 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven...
Page 81 - Twas pity Nature brought ye forth, Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave : And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave.
Page 15 - Even now what affections the violet awakes; What loved little islands, twice seen in their lakes, Can the wild water-lily restore ; What landscapes I read in the primrose's looks, And what pictures of pebbled and minnowy brooks, In the vetches that tangled their shore. Earth's cultureless buds, to my heart ye were dear, Ere the fever of passion, or ague of fear, Had scathed my existence's bloom ; Once I welcome you more, in life's passionless stage, With the visions of youth to revisit my age, And...
Page 10 - Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To mark his victory. In this low vale, the promise of the year, Serene, thou openest to the nipping gale, Unnoticed and alone, Thy tender elegance. So virtue blooms, brought forth amid the storms Of chill adversity, in some lone walk Of life she rears her head, Obscure and unobserved; While every bleaching breeze that on her blows, Chastens her spotless purity of breast, And hardens her to bear Serene the ills...
Page 73 - The Lord of all, himself through all diffused, Sustains, and is the life of all that lives. Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God.