| George Fletcher (of Birmingham.) - 1857 - 270 Seiten
...description, a vivid contrast to the simplicity of the preceding : " A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew ; And it open'd its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. " When the evening... | |
| William Hone - 1859 - 882 Seiten
...354 St. Victor, of Marseilles. St. Arbo gat tut, Bp. AD 678. Flower*. A sensitive plant in a garden grew And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And...where ; And each flower and shrub on earth's dark lire.-s Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest. But none ever trembled and panted with bliss, In the... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 Seiten
...plants. 3. Who has not read Shelley's beautiful little poem, beginning, " A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it spread Ha fanlike leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night." The sensitive... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 Seiten
...tears, To strew the laureat hearse where Lycid lies. MltTON. f^e Stnsitibt A SENSITIVE Plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew. And it open'd its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. And the Spring... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 Seiten
...sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it spread its faulike leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night." The sensitive plants, often cultivated in gardens as objects of curiosity, shrink from the touch, and... | |
| 1863 - 150 Seiten
...remember the flake of snow, By the promise that God hath given." Jfr A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew,...arose on the garden fair, Like the spirit of love felt everywhere ; And each flower and herb on earth's dark breast Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.... | |
| 302 Seiten
...daughter. (T<> be continued.} THE SENSITIVE PLANT. BY PERCY B. SHELLEY. A SENSITIVE plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew,...light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. Aud the spring arose on the garden fair, And the spirit of love fell everywhere ; And each flower aud... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1863 - 552 Seiten
...beginning, u A sensitive plant in & garden grew. And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it spread its fanlike leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night." The sensitive plants, often cultivated in gardens as objects of curiosity, shrink from the touch, and... | |
| John Philip Newman - 1864 - 508 Seiten
...and the lovely flowers that covered vale and hill-side recalled the beautiful lines of Shelley : " And the spring arose on the garden fair, Like the...spirit of love felt every where ; And each flower and herb on earth's dark breast Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest." Our dragoman had agreed to furnish... | |
| John Philip Newman - 1864 - 504 Seiten
...and the lovely flowers that covered vale and hill-side recalled the beautiful lines of Shelley : " And the spring arose on the garden fair, Like the...spirit of love felt every where ; And each flower and herb on earth's dark breast Eose from the dreams of its wintry rest." Our dragoman had agreed to furnish... | |
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