 Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus and each odorous bushy shrub Fenced up the verdant wall, each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine Reared...  Pioneer Women of the West - Страница 313по Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1852 - 434 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1807 - 498 страници
...verdant wall : each beauteoui flow'r, Iris, all hues, roses, and jessamin, Rear'd high their flour ish'd heads between, and wrought Mosaic ; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay, Broider'd the ground ; more colour'd than with stone Of costliest emblem. In shady bower, More sacred... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 656 страници
...bushy shrub, enc'd up the verdant wall, each beauteous flow'r, •is, all hues, roses, and jessamine [wrought Mosaic ; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay, Broider'd the ground, more colour'd than with stone Of costliest emblem. Other creature here Beast,... | |
 | 1821 - 720 страници
...verdant wall ; each beauteous flower. Iris all hues, roses and jessamin Rear'd high their flourish'd heads between, and wrought Mosaic ; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broider'd the ground." Nor less exquisite is the following passage from Lycidns. " Return, Sicilian... | |
 | 1821 - 778 страници
...verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses and jessamin Rear'd high their flourish'd heads between, and wrought Mosaic ; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broider'd the ground." Nor less exquisite is the following passage from Lycidas. " Return, Sicilian... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 страници
...verdant wall; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine, Rear'd high their flourish'd heads between, and wrought Mosaic; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay * Broider'd the ground, more colour'd than with stone Of costliest emblem: other creature here, Beast,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 страници
...verdant wall; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine, Rear'd high their flourish'd heads between, and wrought Mosaic; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broider'd the ground, more colour'd than with stone Of costliest emblem: other creature here, Beast,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 страници
...verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine, Rear'd high their flourish'd heads between, and wrought Mosaic ; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broider'd the ground, more color'd than with stone Of costliest emblem: other creatures hero, Bird,... | |
 | Samuel Roffey Maitland - 1831 - 342 страници
...roses, and jessamine, " Reared high their flourish'd heads between, and wrought " Mosaic ; underfoot the violet, " Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay " Broidered the ground, more coloured than with stone " Of costliest emblem." Who does not see the beauty of this ? and who is not... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 страници
...verdant wall; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine Keared high their nourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic: under foot the...inlay Broidered the ground, more colored than with stone Of costliest emblem. Other creature here. Beast, bird, insect, or worm, durst enter none: Such... | |
 | 1832 - 206 страници
...verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and jessamin, Reared high their flourish'd heads between, and wrought Mosaic ; under foot the...and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broidered the ground. THOUOHTLESS of beauty, she was beauty's self, Recluse amid the close embowering woods. As in the hollow... | |
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