A Natural History Reader for School and HomeD. Appleton, 1883 - 414 pages |
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... green tops , stole over him , and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty . 3 . Ah , why Should we , in the 1 PART I HOME PLANTS AND THEIR WAYS PAGE Prelude to the Forest Hymn Bryant.
... green tops , stole over him , and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty . 3 . Ah , why Should we , in the 1 PART I HOME PLANTS AND THEIR WAYS PAGE Prelude to the Forest Hymn Bryant.
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... green open space that slopes up to it in front , and wav- ing its long branches in melancholy grandeur over the ven- erable habitation which it seems to have taken under its protection , while it droops with sorrow over the infirmi ...
... green open space that slopes up to it in front , and wav- ing its long branches in melancholy grandeur over the ven- erable habitation which it seems to have taken under its protection , while it droops with sorrow over the infirmi ...
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... green- houses have their fruit - vessels so curiously constructed that the mere contact with another object , and frequently the heat of the sun alone , suffices to detach the carpels , one by one , with a snapping sound , and so ...
... green- houses have their fruit - vessels so curiously constructed that the mere contact with another object , and frequently the heat of the sun alone , suffices to detach the carpels , one by one , with a snapping sound , and so ...
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... green , and become quiet , useful citizens in their own great kingdom of plants . 10. Seeds that have not learned to fly with their own or other people's wings , it seems are taught to swim . Trees and bushes which bear nuts love low ...
... green , and become quiet , useful citizens in their own great kingdom of plants . 10. Seeds that have not learned to fly with their own or other people's wings , it seems are taught to swim . Trees and bushes which bear nuts love low ...
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... green like a leaf , but colored like the stem . Their tips are a little flattened and furrowed , but never develop into leaves ; and these filaments are sensitive to a touch , and bend toward a touching object , which they clasp se ...
... green like a leaf , but colored like the stem . Their tips are a little flattened and furrowed , but never develop into leaves ; and these filaments are sensitive to a touch , and bend toward a touching object , which they clasp se ...
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Page 77 - And life, in rare and beautiful forms, Is sporting amid those bowers of stone, And is safe when the wrathful spirit of storms Has made the top of the wave his own...
Page 2 - Ah, why • Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised ? Let me, at least, Here, in the shadow of this aged wood, Offer one hymn — thrice happy, if it find Acceptance in His ear.
Page 190 - MERRILY swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Snug and safe is that nest of ours, Hidden among the summer flowers. Chee, chee, chee.
Page 52 - ... and the hyacinth purple, and white, and blue, which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew of music so delicate, soft, and intense, it was felt like an odour within the sense...
Page 193 - Off is his holiday garment laid. Half forgotten that merry air : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink, Nobody knows but my mate and I Where our nest and our nestlings lie, Chee, chee, chee.
Page 1 - Which, from the stilly twilight of the place, And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him, and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power 18 And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neglect God's ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised?
Page 52 - A SENSITIVE Plant in a garden grew, •^^ And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night.
Page 119 - Sailor of the atmosphere, Swimmer through the waves of air. Voyager of light and noon, Epicurean of June, Wait, I prithee, till I come Within earshot of thy hum, — All without is martyrdom. When the south wind, in May days, With a net of shining haze Silvers the horizon wall ; And, with softness touching all. Tints the human countenance With...
Page 242 - Brown, I'm amazed You should be so gone crazed As to put up a bird In that posture absurd ! To look at that owl really brings on a dizziness : The man who stuffed him don't half know his business!
Page 53 - Gazed through clear dew on the tender sky ; And the jessamine faint, and the sweet tuberose. The sweetest flower for scent that blows ; And all rare blossoms from every clime Grew in that garden in perfect prime.