 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 Seiten
...and pendant flowers in accordance with those natural laws dictated for its guidance by omnipotence. " Already now the snow-drop dares appear, The first pale blossom of th' unripened year ; AsFlora's breath by some transforming power, Had chang'd an icicle into a flower.... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 Seiten
...flowers, and will even show her head above the snow, as if to prove her rivalry in whiteness;" as if — f such ties Mr*. Barbaultl. One of its greatest charms is its "coming in a wintry season, when few others visit... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - 1842 - 304 Seiten
...See "Journal of a Naturalist" (49) deserted dwelling, a family gone, a hearth that smokes no more." ALREADY now the snow-drop dares appear, The first...As Flora's breath, by some transforming power, Had changed an icicle into a flower. Its name and hue the scentless plant retains, And winter lingers in... | |
 | Robert Tyas - 1842 - 462 Seiten
...floral favours, is also noticed by Mrs. Barbauld : — Now the glad earth her frozen zone unbends. And o'er her bosom breathe the western winds ; Already...snowdrop dares appear, The first pale blossom of th' unripened year ; As Flora's breath, by some transforming power, Had changed an icicle into a flower... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 Seiten
...Barbauld has the following beautiful notice of it : — •' Now the glad earth her frozen lone unbends. And o'er her bosom breathe the western winds ; Already now the Snowdrop dare appear, The first pale blossom of the unripened year : As Flora's breath, by some transforming... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 Seiten
...are serest ; But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest 1 Sir W. Scott. V. SPRING. Now the glad earth her frozen zone unbinds ; And o'er...snow-drop dares appear, — The first pale blossom of the unripened year, — . As Flora's breath, by some transforming power, Had changed an icicle into... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 428 Seiten
...generally are fully opened from the beginning of the month, often peeping out from the midst of snow. Already now the snowdrop dares appear, The first pale...As Flora's breath by some transforming power, Had changed an icicle into a flower. Its name and hue the scentless plant retains, And winter lingers in... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 882 Seiten
...flowers, and will even show her head above the snow, as if to prove her rivalry in whiteness ;" as if — Flora's breath, by some transforming power, Had chang'd an icicle into a flower. Mr*. Barbauld. One of its greatest charms is its " coming in a wintry season, when few others visit... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1874 - 484 Seiten
...trace : Small pains there needs her footsteps to pursue, She cannot fly from friendship, and from you. "Now the glad earth her frozen zone unbinds, And o'er...snow-drop dares appear, The first pale blossom of the unripened year ; As Flora's breath, by some transforming power, Had changed the icicle into a flower... | |
 | Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1874 - 488 Seiten
...trace : Small pains there needs her footsteps to pursue, She cannot fly from friendship, and from you. Now the glad earth her frozen zone unbinds, And o'er...snow-drop dares appear, The first pale blossom of the unripened year ; As Flora's breath, by some transforming power, Had changed the icicle into a flower... | |
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Now the glad earth her frozen zone unbinds, And o'er her bosom breathe the western winds. Already now the snow-drop dares appear, The first pale blossom of the unripened year ; As Flora's breath, by some transforming power, Had changed an icicle into... 
