 | Sights - 1844 - 110 sivua
...of flowers, the time being shown by the opening or closing of the blossoms. It is thus given : — " How well the skilful gardener drew, Of flowers and...sun Does through 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 sivua
...solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ncr drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from...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 I¡<... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 sivua
...Then whets and claps its silver wings, jind, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. " How well the skilful gardener drew,...this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Doth through a fragrant zodiac run ; And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | 1879 - 826 sivua
...of which each bright hour was marked by the opening or closing of the petals of a different plant. " How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and...as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers ? " Very suggestive is this floral record of the flight of time.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sivua
...new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' and, at first, flower» i [A Whimtiau Satire m Holland.*'} Holland, that scarce deserves the name of land, As but... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sivua
...To lire in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new 1 ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleas'd : now glow'd the fi th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be rcckon'd,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 sivua
...solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner (9 th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 324 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 Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 326 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... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1851 - 964 sivua
...flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. How well the skilful gardener drew. Of flowers and herds, this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun...such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd, but with herba and flowers ?"• The artificial fountains of the metropolis are, in like manner, fast vanishing.... | |
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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,... 
