 | Women - 1834 - 604 pages
...flung his last rays upon the more elevated objects, casting their shadows on the lower sideground — ' Who can paint Like nature ? Can imagination boast Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as' in this light... | |
 | Flora (goddess.) - 1835 - 314 pages
...would choose, how grand soever, The shortest day to last for ever ? MONTGOMERY. FLORA ALPHABETIC A. WHO CAN PAINT LIKE NATURE ? CAN IMAGINATION BOAST, AMID ITS GAY CREATION, HUES LIKE HERS? OK CAN IT MIX THEM WITH THAT MATCHLESS SKILL, AND LOSE THEM IN EACH OTHER, AS APPEARS IN BV'RY... | |
 | James Thomson - 1836 - 164 pages
...forth. But who can paint Like nature ? Can imagination hoast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In ev'ry hud that hlows? If fancy then Unequal fails heneath the pleasing task, Ah, what shall language... | |
 | Elizabeth Ann Hendry - 1836 - 128 pages
...any-body, but probably less so to him, as his memory has been so much exercised. 37 CHAPTER IV. But who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every... | |
 | James Thomson - English poetry - 1836 - 200 pages
...disturb, the tranquil mind. Behold yon breathing prospect bids, the Muse Throw all her beauty forth. But who can paint like nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears *t In... | |
 | John Clunie - 1836 - 80 pages
...observation for a moment, but your study for years. While, therefore, you involuntarily exclaim — Who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every... | |
 | J. Allison - 1832 - 180 pages
...more beautiful ? •v^vxx-vxvxxxw " For who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast. Amidst ita gay creation, hues like her's ; Or. can it mix them...that matchless skill. And lose them in each other?" The mere sight of such extensive prospects, however interesting, is the least delightful part of the... | |
 | Edmund Flagg - Illinois - 1838 - 280 pages
...River. IV. " Who can paint Like Nature 1 Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creations, hues like hers 1 Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And...lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blooms •"' THOMSON. " Precipitous, black, jagged rocks, For ever shattered, and the same for ever."... | |
 | Church history - 1838
...can ]iaint Like Nature ? Cm imagination boast, ЛгпЫ its gay creation, huea like her'e ? Or r.iTi it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them...in each other, as appears In every bud that blows?" Nor is the pleasure arising from the contemplation of the vegetable world confined to the verdant spring,... | |
 | William Baxter - Angiosperms - 1839 - 346 pages
...flowering stems being upright, rough, hairy, and dark-green ; not procumbent, smooth, and glaucous. " Who can paint Like Nature ! Can Imagination boast...Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lay them on so delicately fine. And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows Î"... | |
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But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows... 
