 | Benjamin Smith Barton - Botany - 1803 - 630 pages
...S. t Caubius, C/F. Wolf, Necko, &c. &c. •+£. " Oft as light clouds o'er-pass the Summer-glade, " Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade ; " And feels alive, through all her tender form, 4"» " The whisper'd murmurs of the gathering storm ; " Shuts her sweet eye-lids to approaching night,... | |
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1805 - 590 pages
...Darwin :— "Weak with nice sense the chaste Mimosa stands, From each rude touch withdraws her timid hands: Oft, as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade,...all her tender form, The whisper'd murmurs of the gathering storm; Shuts her sweet eyelids to approaching night, And hails with freshen 'd charms the... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Botany - 1805 - 224 pages
...stands, From each rude touch withdraws her timid hands ; Oft as light clouds o'er-pass the summer-glade, Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade ; And feels,...all her tender form, The whisper'd murmurs of the gather'd storm ; Shuts her sweet eye4ids to approaching night, And hails with freshen'd charms the... | |
 | Bernard M'Mahon - Gardening - 1806 - 686 pages
...particularly allude to, is the Mimosa fiudica, or humble and sensitive plant, which is thus characterized in the flowing poetry of DARWIN. " Weak with nice sense...all her tender form, The whisper'd murmurs of the gathering storm ; Shuts her sweet eye-lids to approaching night ; And hails with freshen'd charms the... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 904 pages
...following ; " Weak with nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands, From each rude touch withdraws her timid hands; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade,...all her tender form, The whisper'd murmurs of the gathering storm; Shuts her sweet eye-lids to approaching night; And hails with ireshen'd charms the... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...plants . •• Weak with nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands, From each rude touch withdraws her timid hands, Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade, Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade ; Aud feels alive through all her tender form, The whisper'd murmurs of Die gathering storm ; Shuts... | |
 | Benjamin Smith Barton - Botany - 1814 - 402 pages
...n. page 3. f Gaubius, CF Wolf, Necker, &c. &c. " Oft as light clouds o'er-pass the Summer-glade, " Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade ; " And feels...all her tender form, " The whisper'd murmurs of the gathering storm; 41 Shuts her sweet eye-lids to approaching night, " And hails with freshen'd charms... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1815 - 498 pages
...each rude touch withdraws her timid hands ; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade, Alarin.d she trembles at the moving shade; And feels, alive,...all her tender form, The whisper'd murmurs of the gathering storm ; Shuts her sweet eye-lids to approaching night ; And hails with freshen'd charms the... | |
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...From each rude touch withdraws her timid hand*; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer-glade, Alarmed she trembles at the moving shade; And feels alive through all her tender form, The whispered murmurs of the gathering storm ; Shuts her sweet eyelids to approaching night, And hails... | |
 | John Locke - Botany - 1819 - 226 pages
...each rude touch withdraws her timid hands ; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade, Alarmed, she trembles at the moving shade, And feels alive through all her tender form The whispered murmurs of the gathered storm ; Shuts her sweet eyelids to approaching night, • And hails... | |
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Weak with nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands, From each rude touch withdraws her timid hands ; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the... 
