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| 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 - 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... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 456 pages
...the turf, like the voice and the instrument. Then the pied windflowers and tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's reooss, Till they die of their own dear loveliness. And the Naiad-like lily of the vale, Whom youth... | |
| Religion - 1857 - 830 pages
...From the turf, like the voice and instrument. Then the pied wind-flowers and 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... | |
| English literature - 1858 - 398 pages
...Shelley's poems, "The Sensitive Plant?" " Then the pied windflowers 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... | |
| Ernest Adams - English language - 1858 - 200 pages
...inanimate objects are personified, or represented as living beings, who, whom, and whose may be employed : And the naiad-like lily of the vale, Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pale. Shelley. Hence such errors as the following should be avoided : 'Twas Love's mistake, who fancied what... | |
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