Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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... leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird and insect ever on the wing , Flitting ' mid forest glades and tangled bowers , While the ...
... leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird and insect ever on the wing , Flitting ' mid forest glades and tangled bowers , While the ...
Page vi
... leaf and opening flower , And Summer when the sun's creative power Brings leafy groves and glades of feathery fern , The glorious blossoms of sweet - scented May , The flowery hedgerows and the fragrant hay , And the wide landscape's ...
... leaf and opening flower , And Summer when the sun's creative power Brings leafy groves and glades of feathery fern , The glorious blossoms of sweet - scented May , The flowery hedgerows and the fragrant hay , And the wide landscape's ...
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... leaves and buds unfold almost before the eye , and fresh shoots may often be observed to have grown many inches since the preceding day . The temperature is the most delicious conceivable . The slight chill of early dawn , which was ...
... leaves and buds unfold almost before the eye , and fresh shoots may often be observed to have grown many inches since the preceding day . The temperature is the most delicious conceivable . The slight chill of early dawn , which was ...
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... leaf and flower- buds expanding rapidly . *** The heat increased hourly , and towards two o'clock reached 92 ° to 93 ° Fahr . , by which time every voice of bird and mammal was hushed . The leaves , which were so moist and fresh in ...
... leaf and flower- buds expanding rapidly . *** The heat increased hourly , and towards two o'clock reached 92 ° to 93 ° Fahr . , by which time every voice of bird and mammal was hushed . The leaves , which were so moist and fresh in ...
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... leaves are seen under the trees . Towards evening life revives . again , and the ringing uproar is resumed from bush ... leaf - shedding are always going on in one species or other It is never either spring , summer , or autumn , but ...
... leaves are seen under the trees . Towards evening life revives . again , and the ringing uproar is resumed from bush ... leaf - shedding are always going on in one species or other It is never either spring , summer , or autumn , but ...
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