Oracles from the poets: a fanciful diversion for the drawing room (1845)
Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888, ed · New York & London, Wiley and Putnam · leaf 170
the Spring that mightBecome your time of day ; and yours ;—and yours. Winters Tale. I send thee flowers, oh dearest, and I deemThat from their petals thou wilt hear sweet words,Whose music, sweeter than the voice of birds,When breathed to thee alone, perchance may seemAll eloquent of feelings… … HE sensitive plant, the earliestUp-gathered unto the bosom of rest,A sweet child, weary of its delight,The feeblest, and yet the favorite,Cradled within the embrace of night.Shelley. 2. The jasmine; Pride of Carolinas early Spring! Fairy landIs not more beautiful, than when, full blown,The jasmine,…
Fortune-telling · Amusements · Quotations, English
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