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...spoke of God and his saints — of religion — of Heaven ! " What a lovely thought to mark the hoars, As they floated in light away ; By the opening and the folding flowers, That laugh unto the summer's day 1 " 22. The Clock was invented in the Middle Ages. The invention is prior to...

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...lines are by Mrs. Hemans. They celebrate the- far-famed dial of flowers constructed by Linnaeus. 'T was a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated...each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose coloured vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean-shell. To such sweet...

...though the best of them are over now. I heard of a florist who once made a sort of dial of his flowers. 'Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours As they floated in light away, By the opening and the folding flowera, That laugh to the Summer's day I Alan Hands has kindly given each of us a flower, but they...

...constructed — tables in which every hour of the day is filled up by the opening of some flower. 17. " 'Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they...each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose color'd vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean shell." lit MANS. 18....

...regulating the labors of husbandry, according to the opening of blossoms upon plants at their stated times. 'Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they...each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose colored vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean-shell. To such sweet...

...— tables in which every hour of the day is filled up by the opening of some flower. 17. " 'Tvvas a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated...each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose color'd vase might sleep the dew, Like a pearl in an ocean shell." HEMANS. 18. In...

...above-mentioned, and which is pleasingly associated with the memory of the Swedish naturalist : — " "Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they...folding flowers, That laugh to the summer's day. Thus has each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup or bell, In whose colour' d vasti might sleep...