 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,...  Life, Letters, and Writings - Page 273by Charles Lamb - 1882Full view - About this book
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Outdoor life - 1865 - 116 pages
...To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers, and herbs, this dial new ! Where from above the milder sun 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 reckoned,... | |
 | Sidney H. Morse, Joseph B. Marvin - Theology - 1866 - 560 pages
...— so sings Marvell : — " How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant...the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we, And could such sweet and wholsome hours, Be reckoned, but with herbs and flowers ! " Well did the ancients... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers, and herbs, this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun 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 reckoned,... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - Adventure stories, English - 1872 - 504 pages
...described by Marvell — " How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flow'rs and herbs, this dial new : Where, from above, the milder sun Does 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 - English essays - 1866 - 514 pages
...the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac 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 !" One of his longer poems, "Appleton House," contains passages... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 pages
...well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs, this dial new Where, from above, the milder snn Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works,...as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned, but with herbs and flowers ? J The artificial fountains of the metropolis are, in like manner,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 582 pages
...Of flowers and herbs, this dial new ! Where, from above, the milder sun ' " ' ' ' • Dbes thrmigh a fragrant zodiac run :' ' And, as it works, the industrious...as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned, but with herbs and flowers ? * The artificial fountains of the metropolis are, in like manner,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bce Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet...wholesome hours Be reckon'd, but with herbs and flowers ! A. Marrell CXII L'ALLEGRO Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian... | |
 | Sunday readings - 1867 - 232 pages
...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, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd,... | |
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