 Ovidian metamorphosis of the flowers, with their floral harems," and witness in succession the transformations of a great variety of plants, all described by their Latin names, and introduced as living personages : " Sofa'd on silk, amid her charm-built...  Beauties of The Botanic Garden - Page 131by Erasmus Darwin - 1805 - 216 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Anna Seward - 1804 - 352 lehte
...Enchantress of malignant operation ; but her somniferous palace is described in these lovely* numbers : Sopha'd on silk, amid her charm-built towers, Her...o'er her couch, in scintillating streams, Pass the light forms of Fancy and of Dreams. • Her enchantments are poetically given from old Tales of the... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1824 - 246 lehte
...refused to hear him, preached to the fish, and converted them. Addisou's Travels ill Italy. Sofa'd on silk, amid her charm-built towers, Her meads of...guard the soft abodes, In sullen apathy Papaver nods. £70 Faint o'er her couch in scintillating streams Pass the thin forms of fancy and of dreams ; Froze... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 lehte
...neighbouring shepherds, faint with thirst, stood at the common boundary of their grounds. Rambler. Faint o'er her couch in scintillating streams Pass the thin forms of fancy and of dreams. Darwin. Lifts proud Л incus from his mother-plains And with strong grasp the struggling giant strains... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1837 - 264 lehte
...good, or fraught with ill. tin. M. RoHnwn, Sopha'd on silk, amid her charm-built towers, Her mcadd of asphodel, and amaranth bowers Where sleep and silence...guard the soft abodes, In sullen apathy Papaver nods. * • • * • And now the sorceress hares her hand — And circles thrice in air her ebon wand —... | |
 | John D'Alton - 1838 - 960 lehte
...direction, are found malva rotundifolta, dwarf mallow ; and papaver hybridum, round rough-headed poppy. " Sopha'd on silk, amid her charm-built towers, Her...guard the soft abodes, In sullen apathy papaver nods." Presently the tourist reaches the hamlet of PORTMARNOCK, an arm of the sea. It is, however, wholly... | |
 | M. Edgeworth Lazurus - 1852 - 458 lehte
...connected with a soft melancholy weeping mood ] " Sofa'd on silk amid her charm-built towers Her weed of Asphodel and Amaranth bowers, Where sleep and silence...streams Pass the thin forms of fancy and of dreams *Papayer, the Opium Poppy. Froze by enchantment on thc relvet ground Fair youths and beauteous ladies... | |
 | M. Edgeworth Lazarus - 1852 - 470 lehte
...conuected with a soft melancholy weeping mood | " Sofii-d on silk amid her charm-built towers Her weed of Asphodel and Amaranth bowers. Where sleep and silence guard the soft abodes In sullen apathy Pnpaver' nod? ; Faint o-er her couch in scintillating streams Par s the tliin forms of fancy and of... | |
 | William Darlington - 1853 - 598 lehte
...almost every garden, and nearly naturalized. Dr. DARWIN thus notices it, in his gorgeous poem: — " Sopha'd on silk, amid her charm-built towers, Her...and Silence guard the soft abodes, In sullen apathy PAP AVER nods." ff Herbs with a yellow or orange-colored juice. * Seeds pitted. 21. ARGEMCV1VE, L.... | |
 | William Darlington - 1853 - 618 lehte
...garden, and nearly naturalized. Dr. DABWIN thus notices it, in his gorgeous poem: — M Sopha'd on Bilk, amid her charm-built towers, Her meads of asphodel,...amaranth bowers, Where Sleep and Silence guard the aoft abodtM, In sullen apathy PAFATEK nodi." ^ tt{- ,'-; it>ia yellow or orange-calami juice. • BeoAt... | |
 | Oskar Dolch - 1882 - 92 lehte
...a spiral form, leaps from the stalk, and disperses the seeds to a great distance by its elasticity. Sopha'd on silk, amid her charm-built towers, Her...of asphodel, and amaranth bowers, Where Sle,ep and Silenee guard the soft abodes, In sullen apathy Papaver nods. Faint o'er her couch in scintillating... | |
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