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" But one the lofty follower of the sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night; and, when he warm returns, Points her enamour'd bosom to his ray. "
Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - Page 120
by Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1785
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Doesticks: What He Says, Volume 1

Q. K. Philander Doesticks - 1857 - 226 pages
...fevers revel through their azure veins. But one, the lofty follower of the sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night ; and, when he warm returns, Points her enamour'd bosom to his ray. Home from his morning task the swain retreats His flock before him stepping to the...
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Poetical Works of Thomson and Gray

James Thomson - 1861 - 480 pages
...fevers revel through their azure veins. But one, the lofty follower of the sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night; and, when he warm returns, Points her enamour'd bosom to his ray. Home, from his morning task, the swain retreats; 220 His flock before him stepping...
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The seasons, Britannia, and The castle of indolence

James Thomson - 1862 - 272 pages
...fevers revel through their azure veins. But one, the lofty follower of the sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night; and, when he warm returns, Points her enamour'd bosom to his ray. Home, from his morning task, the swain retreats; His nock before him stepping to...
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Choice Poems and Lyrics

Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...fevers revel through their azure veins. But one, the lofty follower of the Sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night; and, when he warm returns, Points her enamoured bosom to his ray. Home, from his morning task, the swain retreats ; His flock before him...
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On the Popular Names of British Plants: Being an Explanation of the Origin ...

Richard Chandler Alexander Prior - 1863 - 288 pages
...never do. Thomson, for instance, has " But one, the lofty follower of the sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night, and, when he warm returns, Points her enamour' d bosom to his ray." Helianthus annuus, L. also in some old herbals, from its opening in the...
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The Poetical Works of James Thomson, Volume 2

James Thomson - 1866 - 376 pages
...fevers revel through their azure veins. But one, the lofty follower of the sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night ; and, when he warm returns, Points her enamoured bosom to his ray. 219 Home, from his morning task, the swain retreats; His flock before him...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...with hues of heaven. Mrs. Be*«""I STOFlOWEII. The lofty follower of the sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night ; and when he warm returns, Points her enamour'd bosom to his ray. Thomson, Summer, 216. SUNDAY— see Sabbath. E'en Sunday shines no Sabbath-day to...
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The Poetical Works of James Thomson: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and ...

James Thomson - 1868 - 416 pages
...fevers revel through their azure veins. But one, the lofty follower of the Sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night ; and, when he warm returns, 218 Points her enamour'd bosom to his ray. Home, from his morning task, the swain retreats ; His flock...
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The Seasons: A Poem. Compared with the London and Edinburgh Ed

James Thomson - 1869 - 178 pages
...revel through their azure veins. "15 But one, the lofty follower of the sun, Sad vhen he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night; and, when he warm returns, Points her enamored bosom to his ray. Home, from his morning task, the swain retreats, His flock before him stepping...
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle

1869 - 802 pages
...the imaginary habits of the sunflower: — " The lofty follower of the Sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves, Drooping all night ; and when he warm returns, Pointa her enamoured bosom to his ray." The poet enshrined a general mistake in his numbers; for we...
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