The naturalist's poetical companion, with notes, selected by E. Wilson |
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... breath by some transforming power Had chang'd an icicle into a flower , Its name and hue the scentless plant retains , And winter lingers in its icy veins . ON A FLOWER OPENING TO THE SUN . SWEET flower POETICAL COMPANION . 5 The Snowdrop.
... breath by some transforming power Had chang'd an icicle into a flower , Its name and hue the scentless plant retains , And winter lingers in its icy veins . ON A FLOWER OPENING TO THE SUN . SWEET flower POETICAL COMPANION . 5 The Snowdrop.
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... breath ; prone to dispense To all , all sweetness ; yet alert to show , If rash invasion ruder deeds commence , That warm resentment points a thorn below . Retiring from the public eye , The maiden meek , 16 THE NATURALIST'S.
... breath ; prone to dispense To all , all sweetness ; yet alert to show , If rash invasion ruder deeds commence , That warm resentment points a thorn below . Retiring from the public eye , The maiden meek , 16 THE NATURALIST'S.
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... breathing breeze , or tempest's awful roar ; Soft lisping rills , or ocean's thundering shore ; Unnumber'd notes that fill the echoing field , Or mingled minstrelsy the woodlands yield ; The melting strains and melodies of song That ...
... breathing breeze , or tempest's awful roar ; Soft lisping rills , or ocean's thundering shore ; Unnumber'd notes that fill the echoing field , Or mingled minstrelsy the woodlands yield ; The melting strains and melodies of song That ...
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... breathing their balm , While the deer was seen glancing in sunshine remote , And the deep mellow crush of the wood - pigeon's note , Made music that sweetened the calm . Not a pastoral song has a pleasanter tune Than ye speak to my ...
... breathing their balm , While the deer was seen glancing in sunshine remote , And the deep mellow crush of the wood - pigeon's note , Made music that sweetened the calm . Not a pastoral song has a pleasanter tune Than ye speak to my ...
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... ' I shall be low in the cavern of death ; On thy leaves , yet the day - beam of ages may shine , Uninjur'd by time , or the rude winter's breath . For centuries still may thy boughs lightly wave , O'er POETICAL COMPANION . 47.
... ' I shall be low in the cavern of death ; On thy leaves , yet the day - beam of ages may shine , Uninjur'd by time , or the rude winter's breath . For centuries still may thy boughs lightly wave , O'er POETICAL COMPANION . 47.
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