Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness... Time's Telescope - Page 2051824Full view - About this book
| Osborn W Trenery Heighway - 1854 - 404 pages
...conceits ; and on the high pale-browed lily, " A fairy thing, Like daylight in its opening." Or, " The naiad-like lily of the vale, Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pale." Or, " The lady lily, fairer than the moon," Or, " The lily, a delicate lady, Who sat under her green... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1855 - 766 pages
...turf, like the voice and the instrument. Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tail, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes...pale That the light of its tremulous bells is seen Through their pavilions of tender green ; And the hyacinth purple, and white, and blue, Which flung... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1855 - 770 pages
...turf, like the voice and the instrument. Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes...pale That the light of its tremulous bells is seen Through their pavilions of tender green ; And the hyacinth purple, and white, and blue, Which flung... | |
| Charlotte Phillips - English poetry - 1855 - 188 pages
...voice and the instrument. Then the pied wind-flowers, and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest of them all, Who gaze on their eyes, in the stream's...Till they die of their own dear loveliness. And the hayacinth, purple, white, and blue, Which flung from their bells a sweet peal anew Of music so delicate,... | |
| Marie Price La Touche, mrs. La Touche - 1855 - 342 pages
...caressed the star-gemmed sprays of the jasmine, and knelt down to seek among leaves of tender green, for ' The naiad-like lily of the vale, Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pale.' until, overcome with fatigue, excitement, and the overpowering but delicious warmth and fragrance,... | |
| David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1856 - 360 pages
...turf, like the voice and the instrument. Then the pied wind-flowers, and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes...and passion so pale, That the light of its tremulous bolls is seen Through their pavilions of tender green ; And the hyacinth purple, and white, and blue,... | |
| Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...instrument. Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, AVho gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they...and passion so pale, That the light of its tremulous bell is seen Through their pavilions of tender green ; And the hyacinth, purple, and white, and blue,... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1860 - 522 pages
...Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall. And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze OH their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of...the vale, Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pile, That the light of its tremulous bells is seen Through their pavilions of tender green ; And the... | |
| Anna Christian Burke - Flower language - 1856 - 108 pages
...loved. » Poems for Youth by a Family Circle. CHAPTER XIV. NARCISSUS—EGOTISM. Narcissi, the fairest of them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness. Narcissus Nasturtium Nettle, Burning Nettle Tree Night-blooming Cereus Night Convolvulus Nightshade... | |
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