 | Robert Kemp Philp - 408 pàgines
...mentioned, and which is pleasingly associated with the memory of the Swedish naturalist:— " 'Twfis a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated...flowers, That laugh to the summer's day. ' ' Thus has each moment its own rick hue, And its graceful cup or bell, In whose colour'd vase mi^ht sleep... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1850 - 418 pàgines
...the root whence affection springs, Though buried, it is not of mortal things — THE DIAL OF FLOWERS. 'TWAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they...rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose color'd vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean-shell. To such sweet signs might the time... | |
 | John B. Newman - 1850 - 234 pàgines
...Hemans wrote some lines on this far-famed Dial of Flora, which I wish you would read from her book. Li. 'Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours As they floated...opening and the folding flowers That laugh to the summer day. Thus had each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose colored... | |
 | John B. Newman - 1850 - 246 pàgines
...Hemans wrote some lines on this far-famed Dial of Flora, which I wish you would read from her book. Li. 'Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours As they floated...opening and the folding flowers That laugh to the summer day. Thus had each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose colored... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1851 - 190 pàgines
...pretty thought." " Yes, it was ; though I scarcely think he could have carried it out very easily. ' Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours As they floated...each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup or bell, In whose colour' d vase might sleep the dew Like a pearl in an ocean shell. To such sweet... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pàgines
...it : Thus not too little nor too big, 'Tis done if I can do it. DRAYTON, 1593. THE DIAL OF FLOWERS. "TwAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they...each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup or bell, In whose colour'd vase might sleep the dew, Like pearl in an ocean-shell. To such sweet signs... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1852 - 682 pàgines
...when the flames had reached the powder. THE DIAL OF FLOWERS.— DAILY PATHS. SSI THE DIAL OF FLOWERS.* 'TWAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated in light away, By the opening and the lold;ng flowers, That laugh to the summers day. Thus had each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - 420 pàgines
...the root whence affection springs, Though buried, it is not of mortal things — THE DIAL OF FLOWERS. 'TWAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they...rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose color'd vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean-shell. To such sweet signs might the time... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - 666 pàgines
...— But the noblest thing which perish'd there Was thatyoung faithful heart ! THE DIAL OF FLOWERS * 'TWAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they...rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose color' d vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean-shell. To such sweet signs might the time... | |
 | 1851 - 380 pàgines
...passing of our years. I love to call to mind those beautiful lines of the gifted Mrs. Hemans : " ' 'Twos a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated...rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose color'd vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean shell. To such sweet signs might the time... | |
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TwAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated in light away, By the opening and the folding flowers, That laugh to the summer's day. 
