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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... smiles amid the blossoms white That crown the Hawthorn bough , And in the Myrtle's leaflets bright , Love softly breathes his vow . The little Lily of the Vale Seems sent our hearts to bless , Still whispering , on spring's balmy gale ...
... smiles amid the blossoms white That crown the Hawthorn bough , And in the Myrtle's leaflets bright , Love softly breathes his vow . The little Lily of the Vale Seems sent our hearts to bless , Still whispering , on spring's balmy gale ...
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... smiles , One Summer sees it crown'd with flowers , The next no breezy wiles Can lure one bud , where thousands smiled , — And hence capricious Beauty styled . And what is beauty ? -lo , the sun That left the blooming spray , Shines once ...
... smiles , One Summer sees it crown'd with flowers , The next no breezy wiles Can lure one bud , where thousands smiled , — And hence capricious Beauty styled . And what is beauty ? -lo , the sun That left the blooming spray , Shines once ...
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... smiling there The Acacia waves her yellow hair , Lonely and sweet , nor loved the less For flowering in a wilderness- Then come - thy Arab maid will be The loved and lone Acacia tree . MOORE . ( 13 ) CACIA ROSE . Robinia Hispida . Class ...
... smiling there The Acacia waves her yellow hair , Lonely and sweet , nor loved the less For flowering in a wilderness- Then come - thy Arab maid will be The loved and lone Acacia tree . MOORE . ( 13 ) CACIA ROSE . Robinia Hispida . Class ...
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... smile was there . And then she turns her sicken'd heart away , And bends her footsteps to her mother's grave . Thinking how soon she'll mingle with her clay-— She knows there is no human arm to save . And though she smiles at death ...
... smile was there . And then she turns her sicken'd heart away , And bends her footsteps to her mother's grave . Thinking how soon she'll mingle with her clay-— She knows there is no human arm to save . And though she smiles at death ...
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... smiling thus , Through good and ill , through storm and shine , The world's a world of love for us ! On some calm , blessed shore we'll dwell , Where ' tis no crime to love too well . " MOORE . S SH . Fraxinus . Class 2 , DIANDRIA ...
... smiling thus , Through good and ill , through storm and shine , The world's a world of love for us ! On some calm , blessed shore we'll dwell , Where ' tis no crime to love too well . " MOORE . S SH . Fraxinus . Class 2 , DIANDRIA ...
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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