 ... foliage, and her silken flowers ; Her virgin train the tender scissors ply, Vein the green leaf, the purple petal dye ; Round wiry stems the flaxen tendril bends Moss creeps below, and waxen fruit impends. Cold Winter views amid his realms of snow...  The Botanic Garden: A Poem. In Two Parts - Page 89by Erasmus Darwin - 1799Full view - About this book
 | History - 1799 - 796 pages
...petal dye : Round wiry ftems the flaxen tendril bends, Mofs creeps below, and waxen fruit impends. Cold Winter views, amid his realms of fnow, Delany's...blow ; Smooths his ftern brow, delays his hoary wing, eyes with wonder all the blooms of fpring. AIR-BALLOONS. From tic fame. A GAIN the Goddcfs ftrikes... | |
 | History - 1799 - 770 pages
...petal dye : Round wiry ftems the flaxen tendril bends, Mofs creeps below, and waxen fruit impends. Cold Winter views, amid his realms of fnow, Delany's vegetable ftatues blow ; Smooths his ftern broxv, delays his hoary wing, And eyes with wonder all the blooms of fpring. AIR-BALLOONS. From tie... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1806 - 336 pages
...l<> fallacy than drawings. She is at this time (1788-) in her Her virgin train the tender fciflars ply, Vein the green leaf, the purple petal dye : Round...with golden hair, year, with all the powers of a fine underftancling ftill unimpaired. I am informed another very ingenious lady, Mrs. North, is conftru£ting... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1821 - 888 pages
...impends. Cold Winter views, amid his realms of snow, Delany's vegetable statues blow ; Smooths his stern brow, delays his hoary wing, And eyes with wonder all the blooms of spring. AIR BALLOONS. Frum the same. AGAIN the Goddess strikes the golden lyre, And tunes to wilder... | |
 | Mrs. Delany (Mary) - 1862 - 650 pages
...impends. Cold Winter views amid his realms of snow Delany's vegetable statues blow ; Smoothes his stern brow, delays his hoary wing And eyes with wonder all the blooms of spring." If anything is to be understood by Dr. Darwin's very poetical description, it is that Mrs.... | |
 | Mrs. Delany (Mary) - 1862 - 638 pages
...impends. Cold Winter views amid his realms of snow Delany's vegetable statues blow ; Smoothes his stern brow, delays his hoary wing And eyes with wonder all the blooms of spring." If anything is to be understood by Dr. Darwin's very poetical description, it is that Mrs.... | |
 | Mrs. Delany (Mary) - 1862 - 646 pages
...impends. Cold Winter views amid his realms of snow Delany's vegetable statues blow ; Smoothes his stern brow, delays his hoary wing And eyes with wonder all the blooms of spring." If anything is to be understood by Dr. Darwin's very poetical description, it is that Mrs.... | |
 | Mrs. Delany (Mary) - 1879 - 966 pages
...impends. Cold Winter views amid his realms of snow Delany's vegetable statues blow ; Smoothes his stern brow, delays his hoary wing And eyes with wonder all the blooms of spring." If anything is to be understood by Dr. Darwin's very poetical description, it is that Mrs.... | |
 | Mrs. Delany (Mary) - 1879 - 522 pages
...impends. Cold Winter views amid his realms of snow Delany's vegetable statues blow ; Smoothes his stern brow, delays his hoary wing And eyes with wonder all the blooms of spring." If anything is to be understood by Dr. Darwin's very poetical description, it is that Mrs.... | |
 | Mrs. Delany (Mary) - 1880 - 520 pages
...impends. Cold Winter views amid his realms of snow Delany's vegetable statues blow ; Smoothes his stern brow, delays his hoary wing And eyes with wonder all the blooms of spring." If anything is to be understood by Dr. Darwin's very poetical description, it is that Mrs.... | |
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