Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York; London : Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 273
ch are nowgrotesque instead ofroguish and severe.Among the Naturall sources of emblematicdesign for sun-dials, and especially for garden-dials,no more dehghtful or well-filled stores can be foundthan in the botanic world. This might be in thedifect application of conventionalized ornament froma… … Sun-dial at Belton House, Lincoln-shire ; Seat of Earl Brownlow. Symbolic Designs for Sun-dials 199 of emblematic decoration. From this is an easystep to flower language. A sun-dial might have afloral design which readily could speak in the wordsof old Dr. Donne in his Elegie: — ** In these the…
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