Flowers and their associationsCharles Knight and Company, 22 Ludgate Street, 1840 - 409 pages |
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... called by the poetical name of the budding - month , and one rather later is termed the flowering - month ; while the autumn is mournfully characterized by a word which signifies the fall of the leaf . " As the spring among the seasons ...
... called by the poetical name of the budding - month , and one rather later is termed the flowering - month ; while the autumn is mournfully characterized by a word which signifies the fall of the leaf . " As the spring among the seasons ...
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... called this season pale , we might have termed it the rosy , or the golden autumn . In the rich month of Septem- ber the fruits of the earth are most abundant , and these are chiefly of a deep red , and always of some full colour , as ...
... called this season pale , we might have termed it the rosy , or the golden autumn . In the rich month of Septem- ber the fruits of the earth are most abundant , and these are chiefly of a deep red , and always of some full colour , as ...
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... called primrose , botanists include under this name the polyanthus and auricula , the oxlip and the cowslip . The polyanthus is merely a variety of the field primrose , produced by the skill of the gardener ; and the oxlip , which is ...
... called primrose , botanists include under this name the polyanthus and auricula , the oxlip and the cowslip . The polyanthus is merely a variety of the field primrose , produced by the skill of the gardener ; and the oxlip , which is ...
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... called Paigle in the midland counties of England , and in Scotland , where it is rare . Ben Jonson , associating it in his verse with our other spring favourite , speaks of " Bright day's eyes , and the lips of cows ; " and it probably ...
... called Paigle in the midland counties of England , and in Scotland , where it is rare . Ben Jonson , associating it in his verse with our other spring favourite , speaks of " Bright day's eyes , and the lips of cows ; " and it probably ...
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... called by botanists Primulaceæ , which consists of a number of lowly but very beautiful plants , the flowers of which are chiefly pale coloured , though occasionally of a deep hue . In some of the orders , in which plants are classed ...
... called by botanists Primulaceæ , which consists of a number of lowly but very beautiful plants , the flowers of which are chiefly pale coloured , though occasionally of a deep hue . In some of the orders , in which plants are classed ...
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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
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 166 - To come forth, like the spring-time, fresh and green, And sweet as Flora.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.