 twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new; Where from above the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run; And,...  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Sivu 337muokkaaja - 1869Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1863 - 362 sivua
...are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew ' 'f flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours lie reckon'd,... | |
 | Margaret Plues - 1863 - 438 sivua
...Marvell speaks of this floral dial : " How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where from above the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run, And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - 364 sivua
...are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours lie reckon'd,... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 116 sivua
...are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers, and herbs, this dial new ! Where from above the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned,... | |
 | Sidney H. Morse, Joseph B. Marvin - 1866 - 560 sivua
...How well, " — so sings Marvell : — " How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does...the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we, And could such sweet and wholsome hours, Be reckoned, but with herbs and flowers ! " Well did the ancients... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 498 sivua
...plumes the various light. " How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial true ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant...run ; And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes his time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 sivua
...are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers, and herbs, this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned,... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - 1872 - 504 sivua
...is the dial described by Marvell — " How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flow'rs and herbs, this dial new : Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run ; And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes his time as well as we." Many of these old sun-dials were "quaintly carved,"... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 sivua
...well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs, this dial new Where, from above, the milder snn Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works,...industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned, but with herbs and flowers ? J The artificial fountains... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 582 sivua
...Of flowers and herbs, this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun ' " ' ' ' • Dbes thrmigh a fragrant zodiac run :' ' And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned, but with herbs and flowers ? * The artificial fountains... | |
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