 | George Wentworth - 1824 - 378 pages
...'Tis an exotic of celestial birth, And never blooms but in celestial air. Sweet plant of paradise, its seeds are sown, In here and there a mind of heavenly...was known To blossom here, the climate is too cold ! ON THE WINDOW OF A SCOTTISH INN. Scotland ! thy weather's like a modish wife, Thy winds and rain... | |
 | 1824 - 412 pages
...never blooms but in celestial air. Sweet plant of paradise ! the seed is sown, And only sown in minds of heavenly mould ; It rises slow, and buds ; but...known To blossom here — the climate is too cold. EPITAPH ON AN INFANT. Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came, with trembling care ; The opening... | |
 | Ethics - 1828 - 234 pages
...gentle growth of earth ; The toil is fruitless if you seek it here, 'Tis an exotic of celestial birth, And never blooms, but in celestial air, Sweet plant...there, a mind of heavenly mould ; It rises slow, and blooms — but ne'er was known To ripen here — the climate is too cold. No. 178.] ENGLISH PROVERBS.... | |
 | 1828 - 198 pages
...only blossoms in celestial air. 2 Sweet plant of Paradise ! its seed is sown In here and there a plant of heavenly mould; It rises slow and buds, but ne'er...known To blossom here — the climate is too cold. s. GOD UNCHANGEABLE. 1 Not seldom, clad in radiant vest, Deceitfully goes forth the morn; Not seldom... | |
 | Edward Thompson - 1837 - 778 pages
...the growth of earth, The toil is fruitless if you seek it here, "Tis an exotic of celestial birth, And never blooms but in celestial air. Sweet plant...there a mind of heavenly mould, It rises slow, and blooms, but ne'er was known To ripen here — the climate is too cold.' 'Yes, we may indeed talk philosophically... | |
 | H. D. - 1843 - 438 pages
...the growth of earth, The toil is fruitless if you seek it here : 'Tis an exotic of celestial birth, And never blooms but in celestial air. Sweet plant...It rises slow and buds — but ne'er was known To ripen here — the climate is too cold. ANON. THE LILIES OF THE FIELD. Flowers ! when the Saviour's... | |
 | Augusta M. Wicks - 1845 - 214 pages
...blossoms in celestial air— Sweet plant of paradise ! its seed is sown, In here and there a plant of heavenly mould, It rises slow and buds, but ne'er was known, To blossom here,—The climate is too cold." The sense of acting virtuously and of doing well, with the hope of... | |
 | George Williams Fulcher - 1845 - 234 pages
...plant of Paradise — 'tis sometimes found In here and there a breast of heavenly mould, It rises soon and buds, but ne'er was known To blossom here — the climate is too cold." When happiness, celestial flower, Was planted first in Eden's bower, Angels beheld with wond'ring eyes,... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1848 - 176 pages
...exotic of celestial birth, And never blooms but in celestial air. Sweet plant of Paradise ! its seed is sown In here and there a mind of heavenly mould :...and buds, but ne'er was known To blossom here ; the country is too cold. Use the means, and God will give the blessing. THE DREAMING BOY. SLEEP on, my... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...an exotic of celestial birth, And never blooms but in celestial air : Sweet flower of Paradise ! its seeds are sown In here and there a mind of heavenly...was known To blossom here, the climate is too cold. DR. DODDRIDGE, ON HIS MOTTO, , ;' . : , ' '. ' ( ' .-' . ' " Dum vivimus vivamus." . . , " LIVE while-yqu... | |
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True Happiness is not the Growth of Earth, The Soil is fruitless if you seek it there ; Tis an Exotic of Celestial Birth, And never blooms but in Celestial Air. Sweet plant of Paradise ! thy seeds are sown In here and there a breast of heavenly mould... 
