| Robert Southey - 1823 - 258 страници
...sophistries. Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they...these things with curious eyes, And moralize : And in this wisdom of the Holly Tree Can emblems see . Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, One which... | |
| Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 страници
...sophistries. Below a circling fence its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; Xo grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unanned the pointless leaves appear. I love to view these things with curious eyes And moralize : And... | |
| James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 страници
...HOLLY TREE. " Below a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear. So, though abroad perchance I might appear Harsh and austere,... | |
| James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 страници
...glossy leaves Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear. SOUTHEY. 106 CHAPTER IV. OF THE LEAF. A PERFECT knowledge of the... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 страници
...sophistries. Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they...these things with curious eyes, And moralize: And in this wisdom of the Holly Tree Can emblems see Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, One which... | |
| George Johnston - 1829 - 636 страници
...sophistries. Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they...these things with curious eyes, And moralize : And in this wisdom of the Holly tree Can emblems see, Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, One which... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 страници
...sophistries. Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round? Can reach to wound ; But as they...these things with curious eyes, And moralize : And in this wisdom of the Holly Tree Can emblems see Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, One which... | |
| Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1830 - 510 страници
...sophistries. Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But, as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear." The flowers are somewhat umbellate, and spring from the axils... | |
| 1830 - 634 страници
...sophistries. llelow, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing it to /ear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear." The leaves of the Holly, by means of the... | |
| Mary Roberts - 1831 - 388 страници
...sophistries. Below a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen ; No grazing cattle through their prickly round Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointed leaves appear." The ivy, too, the dark growing ivy (hedera* * A name conferred... | |
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