 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1817 - 738 pages
...sweet-peas, on tiptoe for a flight With wfoga of gentle flush o'er delicate white, Y 2 And taper fingere catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings.' There is certainly considerable taste and sprightliness in some parts of this description, aní the... | |
 | 1853 - 640 pages
...Tribe. " HERE are sweet-peas on tiptoe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings." KEATS. THIS large and most interesting order has representatives in almost every region of the temperate... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - Botany - 1823 - 498 pages
..." Here are sweet-peas 6n tip-toe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush, o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things To bind them all about with tiny rings." KEATS. In his Calendar of Nature Mr. Hunt speaks of Sweetpeas, as looking like butterflies turned to... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Emblems - 1825 - 414 pages
..." Here are sweet-peas on tip-toe for a flight, The wings of gentle flush, o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things To bind them all about with tiny rings." Keats. From the charms this flower displays both in fragrance and colour has arisen the emblem. " These... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Floriculture - 1829 - 442 pages
...Sweet Peas on tiptoe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper lingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. KEATS. THE Sweet Pea, the emblem of delicate pleasures, •was unknown in the British gardens until... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flower language - 1832 - 244 pages
...coloringDEPARTURE. Here are Sweet Peas, on tiptoe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. Keats. SENTIMENT. I must go o'er the sea to other lands ; It is the call of duty ; but fear not, I... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - American literature - 1832 - 338 pages
...Sweet Peas, on tip-toe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper 6ngen catching at all things, To bind them all about, with tiny rings. Keats. PEACH BLOSSOM. (For Amygdalus, see Almond.) Peach E. — Fr. peche; It. pcsca; Lat. malum persicum,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flowers in literature - 1836 - 434 pages
...DEPARTURE. Here are Sweet Peas, on tiptoe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. KEATS. SENTIMENT. I must go o'er the sea to other lands : It is the call of duty ; but, fear not, I... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Flower language - 1838 - 282 pages
...DEPARTURE. Here are Sweet Peas, on tiptoe for a flight, With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers, catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. SENTIMENT. I must go o'er the sea to other lands: It is the call of duty ; but fear not, Keats. I shall... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 554 pages
...gale. Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight : With «in; of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them...Nature's gentle doings : They will be found softer than ringnlove's coning.s. How silent comes the water round that, bend ; Nги the minutest whisper does... | |
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Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight : With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings. 
