 Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade ; And feels alive through all her tender form, The whisper'd murmurs of the gathering storm ; Shuts her sweet eyelids to approaching night, , And hails with freshen'd. charms the rising light.  Pharmacist and Chemical Record - Page 2141875Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Smith Barton - Botany - 1803 - 630 pages
...can be fully enjoyed by those only, who have been accustomed to watch the movements of theMimosae. " Weak with nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands, " From each rude touch withdraws her timid hands ; * See Part xi. page S. t Caubius, C/F. Wolf, Necko, &c. &c. •+£. " Oft as light clouds o'er-pass... | |
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1805 - 590 pages
...country. Us natural growth is shown in th» back-ground. It is thus exquisitely described by Darwin :— "Weak with nice sense the chaste Mimosa stands, From...hands: Oft, as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade, Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade; And feels, alive through all her tender form, The whisper'd... | |
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...silvery arches catch the setting beams, And transient rainbows tremble o'er the streams. SENITIVE PLANT. WEAK with nice sense, the chaste MIMOSA stands, From...her timid hands ; Oft as light clouds o'er-pass the summer-glade, Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade ; And feels, alive through all her tender form,... | |
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 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
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...of the plant to the light as well as to the air." Dr. Darwin has thus characterized these plants . " Weak with nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands, From...touch withdraws her timid hands; Oft as light clouds <>Vq>:iss the summer glade, Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade ; And feela alive through all... | |
 | 1811 - 392 pages
...to those uader CuiiMderation : — "Weak with nice sense, the cluute mimosn stands, " From each rnde touch withdraws her timid hands: " Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade " ilarmed sie trembles at the moving shad* • " And feels, alive through all her tender form, "The... | |
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...can be fully enjoyed by those only, who have been accustomed to watch themovements of the Mimosa:. " Weak with nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands, " From each rude touch withdraws. her timid hands; • See Part n. page 3. f Gaubius, CF Wolf, Necker, &c. &c. " Oft as light clouds o'er-pass the Summer-glade,... | |
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