And of an humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave... The Task - Pągina 157per William Cowper - 1817 - 188 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1847 - 392 pągines
...purple flowers, called by the French gardeners, le lilas de Marly. Cowper had noticed its many hues. " Various in array, now white Now sanguine, and her...spikes pyramidal ; as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hues she most approved, she chose them all." Scarcely less frequent in our gardens,... | |
| Frederic Shoberl - 1848 - 414 pągines
...tone and hue, produce a happy harmony, that might well baffle the painter and confound the observer. The Lilac, various in array, now white, Now sanguine,...spikes, pyramidal, as if, Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hues she most approved, she chose them all. COWPSR. What immense pains does Nature... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pągines
...the other* tall. And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them nil; Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale... | |
| William Cowper - 1856 - 464 pągines
...darkest gloom Of neighboring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf, 155 That the wind severs from the broken wave ; The lilac,...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved 160 Which hue she most approved, she chose them all; Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale... | |
| Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pągines
...the other1 tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighboring cypress, or more sable yew, ith elouds and storms Around Thee thrown, tempest...whirlwind's wing Eiding sublime, Theu bield'st the beauteons head now set With purple spikes pyramidal, 09 if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which... | |
| Joseph Breck - 1856 - 410 pągines
...in the same way. Both these species thrive in the shade and under the droppings of trees. SYBINGA. Lilac. " Various in array, now white, Now sanguine,...beauteous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal." Syringa, — some say from Greek, an Arcadian nymph, or, more properly, here, a pipe. The tubes of... | |
| Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1858 - 238 pągines
...the other, tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighb'ring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all ; Copious of flowers the woodbine, pale... | |
| Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pągines
...the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all; Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale... | |
| William Darlington - 1859 - 500 pągines
...generally cultivated shrubs, and is beautifully described by the poet, Cowper, as throwing up its — " Silver globes, light as the foamy surf, That the wind severs from the broken wave." * ORDER XXXVII. RUBIA'CEJE. (MADDER FAMILY ) Herbs, shrubs or trees with opposite or verticillate,... | |
| William Cowper - 1860 - 506 pągines
...the other* tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all ; Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale... | |
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