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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,... "
The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature - Page 40
1835
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Second period. From Spenser to Dryden (cont.)

George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 364 pages
...solitary there: Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. 8 How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from...as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome J^mrs Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers? SATIRE ON HOLLAND. This indigested vomit of the sea Fell...
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The brave old English confessors

English confessors - 1860 - 380 pages
...plumes the various light " How well the skilful gard'ner drew Of flowers and herbs this dial true I 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...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. Two paradises are in one, To live in Paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and...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"...
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Rambles in search of Wild Flowers, and how to distinguish them

Margaret Plues - Wild flowers - 1863 - 438 pages
...Cat'sear at four o'clock, and the Hawkweeds about three o'clock. Marvell speaks of this floral dial : " 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 reckoned...
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Early English Poems, Chaucer to Pope: Chiefly Unabridged; Illustrated with ...

English poetry - 1863 - 478 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 lie reckon'd,...
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Early English poems, Chaucer to Pope

English poems - 1863 - 364 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 lie reckon'd,...
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Things to be Remembered in Daily Life ...

John Timbs - 1863 - 280 pages
...gardening, made a dial out of herbs and flowers : How well the skilful gardener drew, Of herbs and flowers, this dial new ! Where from above, the milder sun Does...zodiac run: And, as it works, the industrious bee Compute* its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckon'd, but with herbs...
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Favourite English Poems: Chaucer to Pope, 1350-1700

English poetry - 1863 - 362 pages
...there : Two paradises are in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gard'ner drew ' 'f flowers and herbs this dial new ! Where, from above,...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 lie reckon'd,...
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"Under Green Leaves.": A Book of Rural Poems

Richard Henry Stoddard - Outdoor life - 1865 - 116 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,...
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The Radical, Volume 1

Sidney H. Morse, Joseph B. Marvin - Theology - 1866 - 560 pages
...that Auroral one, and expand or close as it comes or goes. " How well, " — so sings Marvell : — " How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and...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...
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