Here a grave Flora scarcely deigns to bloom, Nor wears a rosy blush, nor sheds perfume ; The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread, Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem, in rigid bloom, Grows the salt lavender that lacks... The Eclectic Review - Page 1245edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
| George Crabbe - 1899 - 540 pages
...The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem, in rigid bloom, Grows the salt lavender...sound, And just in view appears their stony bound ; * The ditches of a fen so near the ocean are lined with irregular patches of » coarse and stained... | |
| George Crabbe - 1834 - 330 pages
...The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem, in rigid bloom, Grows the salt lavender...sun, Birds, save a wat'ry tribe, the district shun, Norchirpamongthe reeds where bitterwaters run^1) " Various as beauteous, Nature, is thy face," Exclaim'd... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pages
...The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread, Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem, in rigid bloom, Grows the salt lavender...nor tree conceals the glowing sun ; Birds, save a watery tribe, the district shun, Nor chirp among the reeds, where bitter waters run. ' Various as beauteous,... | |
| George Crabbe - 1837 - 320 pages
...The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread | Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem, in rigid bloom, Grows the salt lavender...sun, Birds, save a wat'ry tribe, the district shun, Norchirpamongthe reeds where bitterwaters run.(') " Various as beauteous, Nature, is thy face," Exclaim'd... | |
| John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pages
...The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread, Partake the nature of their fenny hed ; Here on look, seplfoil harsh, And the soft slimy mallow of the marsh ; Low on the ear the distant hillows sound,... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...The few dull flowers that o'er the place ore spread, Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem, in rigid bloom, Grows the salt lavender that lacks perfume ; Here 'the u warf sallows creep, the septfoil harsh, And the soft slimy mallow of the marsh ; Low on the ear the... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 750 pages
...rigid bloom. Grows the salt lavender that lacks perfume; Here the dwarf sallows creep, the sepllhil harsh, And the soft slimy mallow of the marsh : Low on the ear the distant hillows sound, And just in view appears their stony hound; No hedge nor tree conceals the glowing sun,... | |
| Robert Wake - 1839 - 462 pages
...guide, when botanizing in the salt marshes, than his lines. " Here on its wiry stem, in rigid blgom, Grows the salt lavender that lacks perfume; Here the dwarf sallows creep, the septfbil harsh, And the soft slimy mallow of the marsh; Low on the ear the distant billows sound, And... | |
| George Crabbe - 1840 - 328 pages
...The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread Partake the nature of their fenny bed ; Here on its wiry stem, in rigid bloom, Grows the salt lavender...the district shun, Nor chirp among the reeds where bitterwaters run.(' ) " Various as beauteous, Nature, is thy face," Exclaim'd Orlando : " all that... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...The few dull flowers that o'er the place are spread, Partake the nature of their fenny bed. Here on when a`N*. Nor hedge nor tree conceals the glowing eun ; Birds, save a watery tribe, the district shun, Nor chirp... | |
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