 | 1831 - 492 pages
...lines, it was thought, would not be out of place at this time. — Note to Editor.] 'TWAS a lovely thought, to mark the hours As they floated in light...the folding flowers That laugh to the summer's day. Thus had each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose coloured vase might... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 216 pages
...hours by the opening and closing, at regular intervals, of the flowers arranged in it." TWAS n lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated in light away, By the opening of the folding flowers That laugh lo the summer's day. Thus had each moment its own rich has, And its... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...hours by the opening and closing, at regular intervals, of the flowers arranged in it." 'TwAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated in light away, By the opening of the folding flowers That laugh to the summer's day. Thus had each moment its own rich hue And its... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1829 - 466 pages
...in the evening, between six and seven o'clock. The DIAL of FLOWERS. [By Mrs. Hemans.1 Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated in light...the folding flowers That laugh to the summer's day. Thus had each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup or bell, In whose coloured vase might sleep... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - English poetry - 1829 - 346 pages
...noblest thing which perished there Was that young faithful heart ! THE DIAL OF FLOWERS.* 'TwAs a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated in light...the folding flowers, That laugh to the summer's day. Thus had each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup and bell, In whose coloured vase might... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...di«. 06 PLOWKRS. THE DIAL OP FLOWERS.s JIRs. НЕМАЯs. TWAS a lovely thought to murk the hoars As they floated in light away, By the opening and the folding flowers That langh to the summer's da>. Thus had each moment its own rich hue, And us graceful cop or hell, In whuse... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...OF FLOWERS.* MES. HEVANS. TWAS a lovely thought to mark the hours As they floated in light away, Sy the opening and the folding flowers That laugh to the summer's day. Thus had each moment its own rich hue, And its graceful cup or bell, In whose colour'd vase might sleep... | |
 | Botany - 1830 - 632 pages
...march of time ;" «nd thus elegantly alluded to by FeKcia Hemam in her DIAL OF FLOWERS. " Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated in light away, By the opening and th« folding flowers, That laugh to the summer's day. Thus had each moment its own rich hue And its... | |
 | Botany - 1830 - 634 pages
...elegantly alluded to by Felicia Ilemans in her DIAL OF FLOWERS. " 'Twas a lovely thought tu ni.uk tlie hours, As they floated in light away, By the opening and the folding ilowcrs, That laugh to the summer's day. Thus had each moment ¡U own rich hue And its graceful cup... | |
 | Mary Roberts - Gloucestershire (England) - 1831 - 388 pages
...noon. Linnaeus formed from such flowers, an Horologium Florae, or botanical clock. " 'Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated in light...the folding flowers, That laugh to the summer's day. " Thus had each moment its own rich hue^ And its graceful cup or bell; In whose coloured vase might... | |
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TwAS a lovely thought to mark the hours, As they floated in light away, By the opening and the folding flowers, That laugh to the summer's day. 
