Voiceless teachers [lessons from flowers].Swan Sonnenschein & Company, 1885 - 150 páginas |
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... Columbine , so called from the Latin word for Dove given because of its fancied resemblance to the figure of a hovering dove , reminds us of the blessed doctrine of Whitsun- tide . The Lily speaks of Purity . The Sensi- tive Plant seems ...
... Columbine , so called from the Latin word for Dove given because of its fancied resemblance to the figure of a hovering dove , reminds us of the blessed doctrine of Whitsun- tide . The Lily speaks of Purity . The Sensi- tive Plant seems ...
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... adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things . " The Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all Sin . ” Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be com- forted . " The Columbine . In pink or purple hues arrayed , 50 HYACINTH .
... adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things . " The Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all Sin . ” Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be com- forted . " The Columbine . In pink or purple hues arrayed , 50 HYACINTH .
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... Columbine so bright . Some three feet high , with stem erect , The plant unaided grows , And at the summit now deflect , The dome - shaped floweret blows . From " Favourite Field Flowers . " R. Tyas ... COLUMBINE . 51 The Columbine. ...
... Columbine so bright . Some three feet high , with stem erect , The plant unaided grows , And at the summit now deflect , The dome - shaped floweret blows . From " Favourite Field Flowers . " R. Tyas ... COLUMBINE . 51 The Columbine. ...
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... Columbine in decorating churches at Whit- suntide ; it is still considered emblematic of that season . The Irish name for it signifies White dove . The Columbine is also interesting in afford- ing a wonderful proof of insect instinct ...
... Columbine in decorating churches at Whit- suntide ; it is still considered emblematic of that season . The Irish name for it signifies White dove . The Columbine is also interesting in afford- ing a wonderful proof of insect instinct ...
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... Columbine is supposed to possess medi- cinal properties , the seeds being used ( so we are told by old writers ) in ... Columbine signifies universal benefit , which would seem to imply that it was looked upon as possessing curative ...
... Columbine is supposed to possess medi- cinal properties , the seeds being used ( so we are told by old writers ) in ... Columbine signifies universal benefit , which would seem to imply that it was looked upon as possessing curative ...
Términos y frases comunes
adorn Asters beautiful blessed Blessed Virgin Mary bloom blossoms bright bulb called calyx carpels Celandine cheerful family Christ Christian Chrysanthemums Church colour Columbine comes cottage Cowslip Crocus crown cultivation Daisy delicate delight drooping emblem England faith Favourite Field Flowers Figwort Floral Forget-me-not fragrant Fuchsia garden gather gentle Geraniums give golden grace grave green grows wild heart Holy Honeysuckle honour hope Hyacinth Jasmine Jasmine tree Jesus John's Wort leaves lesson Lewisham Lily little flower live look Lord Mignonette Myrtle Narcissus native Naught's heard therein o'er odours ornaments pain Passion Flower patience perfume petals plant pleasure poet Poppy popular names pretty flower Primrose purity purple remember rich root Rose saffron scent seed Snow-drop Song of Solomon sorrow speak spring stem sweet sweetest teach thee Thou tree Tyas unto variety Violets Wall-flower walls winds wood word wreaths young
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Página 101 - Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along.
Página 101 - You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attain'd his noon. Stay, stay Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing.
Página 11 - I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Página 38 - THERE is a flower, a little flower, With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour, And weathers every sky. The prouder beauties of the field In gay but quick succession shine, Race after race their honours yield, They flourish and decline. But this small flower, to Nature dear, While moons and stars their courses run, Wreathes the whole circle of the year, Companion of the Sun. It smiles upon the lap of...
Página 19 - Say, with richer crimson glows The kingly mantle than the rose : Say, have kings more wholesome fare Than we poor citizens of air ? Barns nor hoarded grain have we, Yet we carol merrily.
Página 110 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life : But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Página 38 - O'er lawns the lily sheds perfume, The violet in the vale; But this bold floweret climbs the hill, Hides in the forest, haunts the glen, Plays on the margin of the rill, Peeps round the fox's den.
Página 66 - 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.
Página 120 - And the glow-worm came, With its silvery flame, And sparkled and shone Through the night of St John ; And soon has the young maid her love-knot tied. With noiseless tread, To her chamber she sped, Where the spectral moon her white beams shed : — "Bloom here, bloom here, thou plant of power, To deck the young bride in her bridal hour...
Página 11 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.