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The enlivening sap, Obedient to Thy laws, through fitted tubes Ascends fermenting, and, at length, matured, Breaks forth in gems, and germinates in leaves. By Thee each family of flowers is clothed In one unvarying dress, and breathes the same Transmitted essences; and though the loom No virgin fingers ply to swell her pride, The lily shines, more gorgeously arrayed Than monarchs, where the East, with hand profuse, Showers on their pomp barbaric, pearl and gold.
The enlivening sap, Obedient to Thy laws, through fitted tubes Ascends fermenting, and, at length, matured, Breaks forth in gems, and germinates in leaves. By Thee each family of flowers is clothed In one unvarying dress, and breathes the same Transmitted essences; and though the loom No virgin fingers ply to swell her pride, The lily shines, more gorgeously arrayed Than monarchs, where the East, with hand profuse, Showers on their pomp barbaric, pearl and gold.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Smart (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 228 · printed citation: Smart · subject: FLOWERS
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