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" A SENSITIVE Plant in a garden grew, •^^ And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. "
Glimpses of the Animate World; Or, Science and Literature of Natural History ... - Page 52
1885 - 414 pages
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The shower of pearls, a collection of poetry, original and selected, for ...

Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung ! THE GARDEN. SIR W. SCOTT. A SENSITIVE plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with...fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the breezes of night. The,snow-drop, and then the violet, And their breath was mixed with fresh odour,...
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Les Rayons du soleil

1855 - 320 pages
...autres plantes. Hélène, te souviens-tu des vers auxquels je fais allusion ? - — A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with...And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, And elosed them beneath the kisses of night. But the Sensitive Plant, which could give small fruit Of the...
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The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: With Notes

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1860 - 522 pages
...Sits throned in his flaming ch&ir, She shall sleep. THE SENSITIVE PLANT. FART FIE5T. A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with...light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. And the Spring arose on the garden fair, And the Spirit of Love fell every where ; And each flower...
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The Illustrated Language of Flowers

Anna Christian Burke - 1856 - 108 pages
...was found, And harebells blue. CHAPTER XIIL MIMOSA (SENSITIVE PLAHT)—SENSIBILITY. A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with...light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. Madder Magnolia Magnolia, Swamp Mallow... M. SHELLEY. Calumny. Love of Nature. Perseverance. Mildness....
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Poetry: selected for the use of schools and families by A. Bowman

Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...rose has but a summer reign, O * The daisy never dies. JAMES MONTGOMERY. THE GARDEN. A SENSITIVE plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it open'd its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. And the Spring...
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Sketches of the Poetical Literature of the Past Half-century

David Macbeth Moir - 1856 - 358 pages
...had for sale. But we venture on it, and take part of the catalogue of flowers. " A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dow ; And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night....
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The Monthly Christian Spectator. 1851-1859

1857 - 830 pages
...think to reproduce by the free use of such words as ' rathe,' ' lush,' &c. : — •A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with...light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. And the spring arose on that garden fair, And the Spirit of Love fell everywhere ; And each flower...
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The provincialist: tales, essays and stanzas

George Fletcher (of Birmingham.) - 1857 - 270 pages
...the luxury of description, a vivid contrast to the simplicity of the preceding : " A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew ; And it open'd its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night. " When the evening...
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The every-day book: or The guide to the year, Volume 1

William Hone - 1859 - 882 pages
...Barhadbttciabat, AD 354 St. Victor, of Marseilles. St. Arbo gat tut, Bp. AD 678. Flower*. A sensitive plant in a garden grew And the young winds fed it with silver...light. And closed them beneath the kisses of night. And the spring arose on the garden fair, Like the spirit of love felt every where ; And each flower...
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The Fifth Reader of the School and Family Series

Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 pages
...sensitive plants. 3. Who has not read Shelley's beautiful little poem, beginning, " A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it spread Ha fanlike leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of night." The sensitive...
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