 That not alone in trees and flowers The spirit bright of Beauty dwells — That not alone in lofty bowers The mighty hand of God is seen — But more triumphant still in things men count as mean LESSON XI.  A Popular History of British Lichens - Page 5by William Lauder Lindsay - 1856 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gardiner - Botany - 1847 - 62 pages
...there to charm the curious eye, A host of hidden treasures lie — A microscopic world, that tells, That not alone in trees and flowers The spirit bright...more triumphant still in things men count as mean LESSON XI. TRICHOSTOMUM LANUGINOSUM. WOOLLY-FRINGE MOSS. The 32 teeth comprising the fringe of this... | |
 | 1856 - 870 pages
...lie, A microsconk- world, that tt-îN, That not alone in trees and flowers The spirit bright of beautv dwells, — That not alone in lofty bowers The mighty...hand of God is seen, But more triumphant still in thing* Men count as mean." In Scotland, as in Scandinavia, one may wander for days over those savage... | |
 | William Grainge - Nidderdale (England) - 1863 - 274 pages
..." Where, to charm the curious eye, A host of hidden treasures lie, A microscopic world that tells, That not alone in trees and flowers The spirit bright of beauty dwells, About 200 yards from the foot of the cliff, in a cap shaped hollow, formed for its reception by a landslip,... | |
 | Margaret Plues - Cryptogams - 1864 - 376 pages
...And there, to charm the curious eye, A host of hidden treasures lie, A microscopic world, that tells That not alone in trees and flowers The spirit bright...Beauty dwells, That not alone in lofty bowers The mystic hand of God is seen, But more triumphant still in things men count as mean." GARDENER. | HE... | |
 | Richard Deakin - Botany - 1871 - 398 pages
...there, to charm the curious cyo, A host of hidden treasures lie — A microscopic world, that tells That not alone in trees and flowers The spirit bright...Beauty dwells— That not alone in lofty bowers The might/ hand of God is seen — But more triumphant still in things men count as mean." ORDER 64. CHENOPODIACE^E.... | |
 | Natural history - 1884 - 382 pages
...overlooked, sometimes even despised ; yet how amply will these plants repay a little careful study — . " That not alone in trees and flowers The spirit bright...more triumphant still in things men count as mean." Nor do the poets alone value the lowly lichen, but the artist, too, has learned to value those humble... | |
 | Postal Microscopical Society - Microscope and microscopy - 1887 - 354 pages
...lifehistory. " Here, to charm the curious eye, A host of hidden treasures lie ! A microscopic world that tells That not alone in trees and flowers The spirit bright...more triumphant still, in things men count as mean." EXPLANATION OF PLATES VIII., IX., X. PLATE VIII. Fig. 1. — Paludicella Ehrenbergi. ,, 2. — Alcyonella... | |
 | Natural history - 1884 - 770 pages
...even despised ; yet how amply will these plants repay a little careful study — " That not alone iii trees and flowers The spirit bright of beauty dwells...hand of God is seen ; But more triumphant still in thiugs men count as mean." Nor do the poets alone value the lowly lichen, but the artist, too, has... | |
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