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 456
n occa-sional years but a handsel of bloom ; but the Ma-dame Plantier ever lavishes upon us, whether informal garden or cottage border, whether the seasonbe cold and backward or dried up with sudden Our Grandmothers Roses 349 drought, a profusion of snowy blooms, as close-gathered as the stars in… … Patience. 350 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday Old Aubrey wrote nearly three centuries ago ofthat fair creature, Venetia Stanley, wife of SirKenelm Digby : — She had a most lovely sweet-turnd face, delicate darkebrown haire. She had a perfectly healthy constitution;strong, good skin ; well…
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