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" Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness... "
The Ladies' Wreath - Page 405
1852
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The Spirit of the English Magazines

American periodicals - 1830 - 504 pages
...naiad-like lily of the vale, Whom love makes so fair, and passion so pale, And narcissi, that gaze in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness. The pages of Wordsworth abound with illustrations. In " the Excursion " he compares the bleating of...
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The Lady's Magazine and Museum of the Belles-lettres, Fine Arts ..., Volume 4

English literature - 1834 - 442 pages
...and herb on earth's dark breast, Rose from its dreams of wintry rest. Then the pied wind flowers, and tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all...recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness." A very long list of the varieties of this flower might be quoted. Among these, the most remarkable...
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...with fresh odour, sent, From the turf, like the voice and the instrument. Then the pied'windflowers, and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among...recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness. naSadlike Шу of the v.ilc, ' Whom youth makes so fair, and passion so pale, Tint the light of Us...
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The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in ..., Volume 1

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...(not which the river Himera wu named, it, > •one iligfai abide of diffarcacv. a stooofB* of Love, Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall, And...own dear loveliness; And the Naiad-like lily of the valf , Whom youth makes so fair and passion so That the li(',lit of its tremulous bells is seen Through...
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The Romance of Nature, Or, The Flower-seasons Illustrated

Mrs. Charles Meredith - Botanical illustration - 1836 - 400 pages
...store. Shelley, in the exquisite description of flowers in his Poem of the " Sensitive Plant," calk Narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on...recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness. The scent of the Narcissus, too, is extremely fragrant, and when adorning our windows in wintry weather,...
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The Romance of Nature, Or, The Flower-seasons Illustrated

Mrs. Charles Meredith - Botanical illustration - 1836 - 400 pages
...store. Shelley, in the exquisite description of flowers in his Poem of the " Sensitive Plant," calls Narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on...recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness. The scent of the Narcissus, too, is extremely fragrant, and when adorning our windows in wintry weather,...
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The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1839 - 408 pages
...turf, like the voiee and the instrument Then the pied windflowers and the tulip tall, And nareissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's reeess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness. And the Naiad-like lily of the vale, Whom youth...
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The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]., Volume 5

Robert Kemp Philp - 580 pages
...of the water-flag, the noble-looking arrowhead, and the fair and elegant narcissus, which together " Gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness !" How delightful it is to sit in a spot like this — upon the moss-covered trunk of some old tree,...
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The shower of pearls, a collection of poetry, original and selected, for ...

Charlotte Phillips - English poetry - 1855 - 188 pages
...voice and the instrument. Then the pied wind-flowers, and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest of them all, Who gaze on their eyes, in the stream's...Till they die of their own dear loveliness. And the hayacinth, purple, white, and blue, Which flung from their bells a sweet peal anew Of music so delicate,...
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The Illustrated Language of Flowers

Anna Christian Burke - Flower language - 1856 - 108 pages
...loved. » Poems for Youth by a Family Circle. CHAPTER XIV. NARCISSUS—EGOTISM. Narcissi, the fairest of them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness. Narcissus Nasturtium Nettle, Burning Nettle Tree Night-blooming Cereus Night Convolvulus Nightshade...
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