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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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The Seasons: And The Castle of Indolence

James Thomson - 1891 - 458 pages
...revel through their azure veins. 215 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, -— 22qj His flock before...
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The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

1896 - 1224 pages
...air. 1. TENNYSON — In ifrmoriam. CI. But one, the lofty follower of the Sun, Sad when he sets, shuts er. L. 251. By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd. The sports of ch enamoured bosom to his ray. m. THOMSON — The Seasons. Summer. L. 218. Sweet Basil, Ocymum Bafilicum....
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From a Middlesex Garden: A Book of Garden Thoughts

Alfred H. Hyatt - 1901 - 352 pages
...turned round with the sun, as Thomson sang : " The lofty flower 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." The French called this flower Grand soleil, also tournesol, or turn-sol,...
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From a Middlesex Garden: A Book of Garden Thoughts

Alfred H. Hyatt - 1901 - 366 pages
...turned round with the sun, as Thomson sang : " The lofty flower 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." The French called this flower Grand soleil, also tournesol, or turn-sol,...
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A Collection of Eighteenth Century Verse

Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 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. 220 Home, from his morning task, the swain retreats; His flock before him...
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A Collection of Eighteenth Century Verse

Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 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. 220 Home, from his morning task, the swain retreats; His flock before him...
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Palaestra: Untersuchungen und Texte aus der deutschen und englischen Philologie

1908 - 718 pages
...Fevers revel thro' their azure Veins. But one, the lofty Folloiver 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. "o Home, from his morning Task, the Swain retreats; His Flock before him stepping...
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Thomson's Seasons

James Thomson - 1908 - 408 pages
...Fevers revel thro' 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. 2™ Home, from his morning Task, the Swain retreats; His Flock before him stepping...
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The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson

James Thomson - 1908 - 622 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 stepping...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets: Based Upon Bohn ...

Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 pages
...us? 4997 John Donne: The Sun-Rising SUNFLOWER. 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 enamor'd bosom to his ray. 4998 Thomson : Seasons. Summer. Line 216. Light enchanted sunflower, thou...
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