 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. 70 How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and...  Seventeenth-century Lyrics - Page 184edited by - 1927 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1821 - 724 pages
...the various light. How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herbs, this dial new ! Wbere, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant...the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd, but with herbs and flowers? • • The artificial... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flow'rs, and herbs, this dial new: Where, from above, the milder...Does through a fragrant zodiac run: And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 834 pages
...combinations thereof be finite, though not easily computable by arithmetic. Hale'» Origin of Mankind. And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. Marceli. I have known some such ill computers, as to imagine the many millions in stocks so much real... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1836 - 362 pages
...prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herbs, this dial new! Where, from above,...the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be rcckon'd, but with herbs and flowers * ? The artificial... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...flight. Waves in its plumes the various light. How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herds, this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun...the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd, but with herbs and flowers ?"* The artificial... | |
 | Anne Pratt - Botany - 1840 - 448 pages
...of which, that lady's stanzas seem but a fuller illustration. " How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from above,...the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers?" In the " Encyclopaedia... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pages
...prepared for longer night, Waves in its plumes the various light. How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herbs, this dial new ! Where, from...fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, the industrious Dee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd, but with... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...longer flight. Waves in its plumes the various light. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flow'rs, and herbs, this dial new: Where, from above, the milder sun Does through the fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes his time as well as we. How... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1843 - 720 pages
...solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Docs through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | Sights - 1844 - 110 pages
...the opening or closing of the blossoms. It is thus given :— " How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herbs this dial new! Where, from above,...the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd but with herbs and flowers !" Mrs. Hemans has... | |
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