Flowers and Flower-gardensD'Rozario and Company, 1855 - 232 pagina's |
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Pagina 30
... branch of trade . " Pomfret , a poet of small powers , if a poet at all , has yet contrived to produce a popular composition in verse - The Choice - because he has touched with great good fortune on some of the sweetest domestic hopes ...
... branch of trade . " Pomfret , a poet of small powers , if a poet at all , has yet contrived to produce a popular composition in verse - The Choice - because he has touched with great good fortune on some of the sweetest domestic hopes ...
Pagina 45
... branches , " says Mr. Jesse , " like the skeleton arms of some enormous giant , and is almost fearful in its decay . " Herne's Oak , as every one knows , is im- mortalised by Shakespeare , who has spread its fame over many lands . There ...
... branches , " says Mr. Jesse , " like the skeleton arms of some enormous giant , and is almost fearful in its decay . " Herne's Oak , as every one knows , is im- mortalised by Shakespeare , who has spread its fame over many lands . There ...
Pagina 77
... branch on the unwary visitor , and there are snakes that spit forth jets upon him as he retires . This is silly trifling : but ill adapted to interest those who have passed their teens ; and not at all an agreeable sort of hospitality ...
... branch on the unwary visitor , and there are snakes that spit forth jets upon him as he retires . This is silly trifling : but ill adapted to interest those who have passed their teens ; and not at all an agreeable sort of hospitality ...
Pagina 83
... branches of plants , used to talk of their being made to hang " something poetical . " It would have grieved Shak espeare and Pope and Shenstone had they anticipated the neglect or destruction of their beloved retreats . Wordsworth said ...
... branches of plants , used to talk of their being made to hang " something poetical . " It would have grieved Shak espeare and Pope and Shenstone had they anticipated the neglect or destruction of their beloved retreats . Wordsworth said ...
Pagina 87
... branch and bow , The wind that in the leaves and waters plaid With murmer sweet , now sung , and whistled now ; Ceased the birds , the wind loud answer made : And while they sung , it rumbled soft and low ; Thus were it hap or cunning ...
... branch and bow , The wind that in the leaves and waters plaid With murmer sweet , now sung , and whistled now ; Ceased the birds , the wind loud answer made : And while they sung , it rumbled soft and low ; Thus were it hap or cunning ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 172 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, 'Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Pagina 173 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Pagina 15 - Harry, I do not only marvel where thou spendest thy time, but also how thou art accompanied : for though the camomile, the more it is trodden on the faster it grows, yet youth, the more it is wasted the sooner it wears.
Pagina 163 - It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there.
Pagina 131 - 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, a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one...
Pagina 197 - To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I eyed, Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers...
Pagina 196 - 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!
Pagina 168 - At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts...
Pagina 134 - Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Pagina 50 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend. To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let nature never be forgot.