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... countries , realizing Cowper's wish for " a bound- less contiguity of shade ; " there are vast colonies of flowering plants ; but the range of the most ubiquitous tree or flower is vastly inferior to that of some 6 INTRODUCTION .
... countries , realizing Cowper's wish for " a bound- less contiguity of shade ; " there are vast colonies of flowering plants ; but the range of the most ubiquitous tree or flower is vastly inferior to that of some 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... less important than the great forests of the world . This vast profusion of minute and humble vegetable life serves the obvious purpose of preparing the way for higher orders of vegetation . Nature is incessantly work- ing out vast ends ...
... less important than the great forests of the world . This vast profusion of minute and humble vegetable life serves the obvious purpose of preparing the way for higher orders of vegetation . Nature is incessantly work- ing out vast ends ...
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... less immediately depend on the useful functions which they perform . Before we can have the wheat which forms our daily bread , or the grass which yields us , through the instrumentality of our herds , our daily supply of animal food ...
... less immediately depend on the useful functions which they perform . Before we can have the wheat which forms our daily bread , or the grass which yields us , through the instrumentality of our herds , our daily supply of animal food ...
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... less than a flower fulfils the functions of life , ministers to the necessities of man , yet clothes itself , and adorns the earth in tapestries richer than the robes of kings . " All things proclaim that the Divine Architect , while ...
... less than a flower fulfils the functions of life , ministers to the necessities of man , yet clothes itself , and adorns the earth in tapestries richer than the robes of kings . " All things proclaim that the Divine Architect , while ...
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... less , the worm frets them not , and the autumn wastes not . Strong in lowliness , they neither blanch in heat , nor pine in frost . To them , slow - fingered , constant- hearted , is intrusted the weaving of the dark eternal tapestries ...
... less , the worm frets them not , and the autumn wastes not . Strong in lowliness , they neither blanch in heat , nor pine in frost . To them , slow - fingered , constant- hearted , is intrusted the weaving of the dark eternal tapestries ...
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Page 64 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 78 - But here,— above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 113 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Page 12 - With a sweet emotion ; Nothing in the world is single ; All things by a law divine In one another's being mingle— Why not I with thine...
Page 121 - When all other service is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and gray lichen take up their watch by the head-stone. The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses, have done their parts for a time, but these do service for ever. Trees for the builder's yard, flowers for the bride's chamber, corn for the granary, moss for the grave.
Page 18 - Unfading as motionless, the worm frets them not, and the autumn wastes not. Strong in lowliness, they neither blanch in heat nor pine in frost.
Page 120 - Meek creatures ! the first mercy of the earth, veiling with hushed softness its dintless rocks ; creatures full of pity, covering with strange and tender honour the scarred disgrace of ruin — laying quiet finger on the trembling stones to teach them rest.
Page 86 - And spread th' enduring foliage ; — then we trace The freckled flower upon the flinty base ; These all increase, till in unnoticed years The stony tower as grey with age appears ; With coats of vegetation, thinly spread, Coat above coat, the living on the dead : These then dissolve to dust, and make a way For bolder...
Page 69 - ... after a minute examination of every detail, we could not discover the least deception. The characters all appeared to us portions of the leaf itself, equally with its veins and nerves ; the position was not the same in all ; in one leaf they would be at the top of the leaf; in another, in the middle ; in a third, at the base, or at the side ; the younger leaves represented the characters only in a partial state of formation.
Page 252 - Kamtschadales say, would disorder the stomach. It is sometimes eaten fresh in soups and sauces, and then loses much of its intoxicating property; when steeped in the juice of the berries of Vaccinium uliginosum, its effects are those of strong wine.