Flora's Lexicon: An Interpretation of the Language and Sentiment of Flowers : with an Outline of Botany and a Poetical Introduction |
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... o'er them sweep , And bow them to the blast , While each must early learn , to weep The hopes that could not last : The bosom's sensibility , Is pictured in the Aspen tree . The little Blue Bell lifts its head The Amaryllis beside ...
... o'er them sweep , And bow them to the blast , While each must early learn , to weep The hopes that could not last : The bosom's sensibility , Is pictured in the Aspen tree . The little Blue Bell lifts its head The Amaryllis beside ...
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... o'er all the blooming sod , It is the language of our God . He spreads the earth an open book In characters of life , All where the human eye doth look Seems with his glory rife ; He paints upon the burning skv In every gleaming star ...
... o'er all the blooming sod , It is the language of our God . He spreads the earth an open book In characters of life , All where the human eye doth look Seems with his glory rife ; He paints upon the burning skv In every gleaming star ...
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... o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream , With those that never fade . Pope mentions this flower in his Ode for St. Cecilia's day ; imagining it to be found in celestial bowers ; - By the streams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds ...
... o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream , With those that never fade . Pope mentions this flower in his Ode for St. Cecilia's day ; imagining it to be found in celestial bowers ; - By the streams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds ...
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... o'er her prey . At times she wanders when the air is warm , And gazes on the trysting - place so dear , When love and innocence , in gentle form , United like a dew - drop and a tear , When happy thoughts went heavenward in sweet prayer ...
... o'er her prey . At times she wanders when the air is warm , And gazes on the trysting - place so dear , When love and innocence , in gentle form , United like a dew - drop and a tear , When happy thoughts went heavenward in sweet prayer ...
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... o'er yon darkening shore , East - west - alas , I care not whither , So thou art safe and I with thee ! Go where ye will , this hand in thine , Those eyes before me smiling thus , Through good and ill , through storm and shine , The ...
... o'er yon darkening shore , East - west - alas , I care not whither , So thou art safe and I with thee ! Go where ye will , this hand in thine , Those eyes before me smiling thus , Through good and ill , through storm and shine , The ...
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ancient ANDRIA ANON beautiful bloom blossom blush bosom bough bower branches breast breath bright brow buds BYRON called calyx caudex charms cheer Class 12 Class 21 colour common corolla crown Cryptogamia Cuckoo Flower DECANDRIA Demophoon DIADELPHIA DIANDRIA DIGYNIA doth DRIA DRYDEN earth emblem fair favourite Flowering Rush flowers fragrance fruit garden gaze GENESIA gentle genus grace green grows happiness hath heart heaven HEXANDRIA hope hour ICOSANDRIA leaves light look Mezereon mind Monogynia 1 pistil moss rose native never nymph o'er OCTANDRIA odour Order Monogynia ornament parterre PENTAGYNIA PENTAN PENTANDRIA petals plant POLYANDRIA POLYGAMIA POLYGYNIA purple rich rose seeds shade SHAKSPEARE shine smile soft sorrow soul species SPENSER spirit spring stamens stem summer SUPERFLUA sweet SYNGENESIA tears thee thine thou thought tree TRIANDRIA Trigynia TWAMLEY wild willow wind wings wood