 | 1821 - 444 pagina’s
...nestlings, he his love lay sings Load to the shaggy wild. The erica here, That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime Spreads its dark mantle, (where the...amethysts, and then Paler, and shaded like the maiden's check With gradual blushes ; other while as white As rime that hangs upon the frozen spray. c. SMITH.... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1823 - 498 pagina’s
...possible ; and they should be seldom and sparingly watered. " The Erica here, That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime Spreads its dark mantle, (where the...as white As rime that hangs upon the frozen spray. Of this, old Scotia's hardy mountaineers Then: rustic couches form ; and there enjoy Sleep, which,... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pagina’s
...young the Winchaiit his lay sings Loud to the shaggy wild. The Erica here, That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime Spreads its dark mantle, where the Bees...the maiden's cheek With gradual blushes; other while ai white As rime that hangs upon the frozen spray. FAUNA. — Insects still continue to swarm and to... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1825 - 414 pagina’s
...betray'd." Emljlems • ^ ! ; ' SOLITUDE. HEATH.—'Erica. • The Erica here, That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime, Spreads its dark mantle, (where the...delight, To seek their purest honey,) flourishes. Mrs. C. Smith. " To you, ye wastes, whose artless charm Ne'er drew ambition's eye, 'Scap'da tumultuous... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1832 - 448 pagina’s
...in which this plant grows is termed a heath or heather. " The Erica here, That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime, Spreads its dark mantle, where the...cheek With gradual blushes ; other while, as white As frost that hangs upon the wintry spray." The Daphne is a rare plant ; one species is called the Lacebark... | |
 | 1832 - 206 pagina’s
...tender tops become in winter the chief food of grouse. 127 THE Erica here, That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime Spreads its dark mantle, (where the...and then Paler, and shaded like the maiden's cheek, AVith gradual blushes — other while, as white As rime that hangs upon the frozen spray. Of this,... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1837 - 470 pagina’s
...field in which this plant grows is termed a heath or heather. "The Erica here, That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime, Spreads its dark mantle, where the...cheek, With gradual blushes; other while, as white As frost that hangs upon the wintry spray." The Daphne is a rare plant ; one species is called the Lace-bark... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1838 - 438 pagina’s
...field in which this plant grows is termed a heath or heather. "The Erica here, That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime, Spreads its dark mantle, where the...flourishes ; Sometimes with bells like amethysts, and then Paltr, and shaded, like the maiden's cheek, With gradual blushes; other while, as white As frost that... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson Waterman - 1839 - 284 pagina’s
...were charmed by her society his heart wou, at ease. SOLITUDE. The Erica here That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime Spreads its dark mantle (where the bees...as white As rime that hangs upon the frozen spray. Of this, old Scotia's hardy mountaineers Their rustic couches form; and there enjoy Sleep, which, beneath... | |
 | George William Francis - 1839 - 236 pagina’s
...Their color is most delicate. " Sometimes with bells like amethyst, and then Paler, and shaded like a maiden's cheek With gradual blushes ; other while...as white As rime that hangs upon the frozen spray." — Mrs. C. SMITH. FINE-LEAVED HEATH. Erica cinerea. Plate 4—Fiff. 18. Leaves three in a whirl. Flowers... | |
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The Erica here, That o'er the Caledonian hills sublime, Spreads its dark mantle, where the bees delight To seek their purest honey, flourishes ; Sometimes with bells like amethysts, and then Paler, and shaded, like the maiden's cheek, With gradual blushes;... 
