 And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair to eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the wood-nymphs lie With languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which, like a bud compacted,...  Natural history. Mollusca - Page 133by Philip Henry Gosse - 1854Full view - About this book
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...•As e'er was mofly bed Whereon the Wood Nymphs lie [lay] Their languid lirabs in fumrner's fultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers Which, like...compacted, , Their purple cups contracted, And now in open bloiïbm fpread, Strctch'd like green anthers many a feeking head. ' And arboreis of jointed ftone... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...fair to eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the wood-nymphs lie Their languid limbs in Bummer's lultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers Which, like...purple cups contracted, And now in open blossom spread, Stretched like green a*. there many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants... | |
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...bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair to eye; As e'er was mossy bed. Here, too, were living flowers, Which, like a bud...compacted, Their purple cups contracted, And now in open blossoms spread, Stretched like green anthers many a seeking heas.. And arborets of jointed stone were... | |
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...And banks of spunge, as soft and in; to eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the Wood Nymphs lie Their languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. Here, too,...Stretch'd like green anthers many a seeking head. And arborels of jointed stone were there, And plants of fihres fine, as silkworm's thread ; Yea, beautiful... | |
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...languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. t Here, too, were living flowers Which, like a b<*d tumpacied, Their purple cups contracted, And now in open blossom...Stretch'd like green anthers many a seeking head. And aborets of jointed stone was there, And plants of fibres fine, as silkworm's thread ; Yea, beautiful... | |
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...still beyond all price, Even yet it was a place of paradise ; * * * * * And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft...cups contracted; And now, in open blossom spread, Strech'd, like green anthers, many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants... | |
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...Sea-anemone. When closed, it is in its quiescent state ; when open, seeking its food. Here, too, are living flowers, Which, like a bud compacted, Their...purple cups contracted, And now in open blossom spread, Stretch, like green anthers, many a seeking head. SouTHEy. It is worthy of observation that as we approach... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1853 - 770 pages
...languid limbs, in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which like a bud compact«). Their purple cups contracted ; And now in open blossom spread, Stretch'd like green anthers many n seeking head. And arboreta of jointed «tune were there, And plants of fibres fine as silkworm's... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1855 - 588 pages
...still beyond all price, Even yet it was a place of paradise ; * * * • * And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft...cups contracted ; And now, in open blossom spread, Strech'd, like green anthers, many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants... | |
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...a garden still beyond all price, Even yet it was a place of paradise ; And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft...purple cups contracted; And now in open blossom spread, Stretched, like green anthers, many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants... | |
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