... FORGET - ME - NOT . it nourishes , we might fancy they were so many nymphs cele- brating accustomed sports in honour of the naiad of the enchanted oak . Though every one knows why this pretty flower is used to express the wish , " Forget ...
The Songs of the Seasons, and Wild Flowers of the Months: Or, the British Wild Flowers Familiarly Described Under the Months in which They Bloom and the Localities in which They Grow
... month , because it is at this season of the year that our at- tention is usually drawn to the plant , in conse- quence of its bright evergreen leaves being so gene- rally used at the festive season , for decorating our banquets , and at ...
... snowy flower ; and while his little ones aided in the task , I could send up a secret thanksgiving , that at length the means of grace were vouchsafed - at length the glorious gospel was weekly proclaimed to him ; and while I numbered ...
The Language of Flowers: An Alphabet of Floral Emblems
... snowy flower is drawn . Innocence shines in the lily's bell , Pure as the heart in its native heaven : Fame's bright star and glory's swell , By the glossy leaf of the bay are given . The silent , soft , and humble heart , In the ...
... flowers , And they tell in a garland their loves and cares . Each blossom that blooms in their garden bowers , On ... snowy flower is drawn . Innocence shines in the Lily's bell , Pure as the light in its native heaven ; Fame's bright ...
The sentiment of flowers; or, Language of flora, by R. Tyas
... LAUREL - WREATH to glory . The crown of laurel alike adorned the brow of poet , orator , philosopher , and war- rior ... Daphne , the virgin daughter of Peneus , of Thessaly ; but she , rejecting his suit , fled from him . Apollo pursued her ...
... TROXIMOS , eatable , because the plant to which it was applied ( our ... beam the flowers unclose , And rising Hesper lights them to repose . " She ... cool , as if wet with dew . The M. Barbatus , trailing bearded fig Marygold , is one ...
... defined , the herb pimpernel , or Jew's Mallow . There are many species of this very pretty shrub - natives of Asia , Africa , and America . The flowers are chiefly yellow , about the size of the small bramble rose , Rubus rosafolius ...
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