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... sweet , and nothing is dull or gloomy . Sweet- smelling flowers and a nook of shade come first : are , we may say , a condition precedent . The place itself , set snugly against the home , is what really matters . Like Susanna's garden ...
... sweet , and nothing is dull or gloomy . Sweet- smelling flowers and a nook of shade come first : are , we may say , a condition precedent . The place itself , set snugly against the home , is what really matters . Like Susanna's garden ...
Page 114
... sweet peal anew Of music so delicate , soft , and intense , It was felt like an odour within the sense ; And the rose like a nymph to the bath addrest , Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast , Till , fold after fold , to the ...
... sweet peal anew Of music so delicate , soft , and intense , It was felt like an odour within the sense ; And the rose like a nymph to the bath addrest , Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast , Till , fold after fold , to the ...
Page 128
... sweet William comes to call ; But it withers when we part , And the honey trumpets fall . ' ( Christina Rossetti . ) In looking into accounts of gardens and flowers by older gardeners , and indeed poets , the emphasis on scent is con ...
... sweet William comes to call ; But it withers when we part , And the honey trumpets fall . ' ( Christina Rossetti . ) In looking into accounts of gardens and flowers by older gardeners , and indeed poets , the emphasis on scent is con ...
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