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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... sorrows of thy child can trouble thee no more ; And if , in thy refulgent home , thou thinkest of me now , ' Tis with my childhood's innocence yet beaming on my brow ! So would I have thee see thy son , the wreck'd of passion's storm ...
... sorrows of thy child can trouble thee no more ; And if , in thy refulgent home , thou thinkest of me now , ' Tis with my childhood's innocence yet beaming on my brow ! So would I have thee see thy son , the wreck'd of passion's storm ...
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... sorrow , he offered a sacrifice at the sea - side , to appease the manes of his bride . She seemed to sympathize with his repentance : for the Almond - tree , into which she had been transformed , instantly put forth its flowers , and ...
... sorrow , he offered a sacrifice at the sea - side , to appease the manes of his bride . She seemed to sympathize with his repentance : for the Almond - tree , into which she had been transformed , instantly put forth its flowers , and ...
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... sorrow drives us away from the world , detaches our hearts from the earth , and fills them with bitterness . This plant derives it's support almost entirely from the air , and assumes very singular and fantastic shapes . Le Vaillant ...
... sorrow drives us away from the world , detaches our hearts from the earth , and fills them with bitterness . This plant derives it's support almost entirely from the air , and assumes very singular and fantastic shapes . Le Vaillant ...
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... sorrows were combined with everlasting recollections . Homer tells us , that at the fune- ral of Achilles , the Thessalians presented themselves wearing crowns of amaranth . IMMORTALITY . Milton , in his gorgeous description of the ...
... sorrows were combined with everlasting recollections . Homer tells us , that at the fune- ral of Achilles , the Thessalians presented themselves wearing crowns of amaranth . IMMORTALITY . Milton , in his gorgeous description of the ...
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... Sorrow's yet unvenom'd dart . But now , when every sigh Is fraught , alas ! with meaning full and deep ; When Hope resigns her seat to Memory , And leaves me o'er her vanish'd dreams to weep : Oh ! now I turn away From Autumn's sered ...
... Sorrow's yet unvenom'd dart . But now , when every sigh Is fraught , alas ! with meaning full and deep ; When Hope resigns her seat to Memory , And leaves me o'er her vanish'd dreams to weep : Oh ! now I turn away From Autumn's sered ...
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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