 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers, and herbs, this dial new ! Where,...through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned,... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - Adventure stories, English - 1872 - 504 pages
...more poetical is the dial described by Marvell — " How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flow'rs and herbs, this dial new : Where, from above, the...through a fragrant zodiac run ; And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes his time as well as we." Many of these old sun-dials were "quaintly carved,"... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 498 pages
...plumes the various light. " How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial true ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant...run ; And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes his time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers... | |
 | Sunday readings - 1867 - 232 pages
...beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in Paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and...Does through a fragrant zodiac run; And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 582 pages
...Then Whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. How well the skilful gardener drew,...this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun ' " ' ' ' • Dbes thrmigh a fragrant zodiac run :' ' And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 pages
...Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light How well the skilful gardener drew Of...herbs, this dial new Where, from above, the milder snn Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 224 pages
...beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers, and...as we ! How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers ? ON THE VICTORY OBTAINED BY ADMIRAL BLAKE, OVER THE SPANIARDS,... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 218 pages
...beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers, and...industrious bee Computes its time as well as we ! How could s»ch sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers ? ON THE VICTORY OBTAINED BY... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from...through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours He reckon'd,... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 224 pages
...beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers, and...herbs, this dial new, Where, from above, the milder sun Docs through a fragrant zodiac run, And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
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twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new; Where from above the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run; And,... 
