Zante, noted for its beauty and fertility. “Zanté! Zanté, flos di Levanti.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Flowers and TreesFlower of Paradise A B C D E…
The Ipomoea or Camalata, called by Sir W. Jones “Love's creeper.” It symbolises that mythological plant which fulfils all desire. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…
(1) Dedicated to heathen gods: The Cornel cherry-tree to Apollo The Cypress to Pluto. The Dittany to The Moon. The Laurel to Apollo. The Lily to Juno. The Maiden's-hair to Pluto. The…
Fêtes held at Toulouse, Barcelona, Treviso, and other places, where the prizes given consisted of flowers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Flower…
The Flower of MendingVachel LindsayWhen Dragon-fly would fix his wings,
When Snail would patch his house,
When moths have marred the overcoat
Of tender Mister Mouse,The pretty creatures go…
Poem 45 Poem 47 May-Flower Pink, small, and punctual, Aromatic, low, Covert in April, Candid in May, Dear to the moss, Known by the knoll, Next to the robin In every human soul. Bold…
by Robert Frost In Equal SacrificeSpoils of the DeadThe Tuft of Flowers about fellowship; I WENT to turn the grass once after one
Who mowed it in the dew before the sun.
The dew was…
by Robert Frost A Prayer in SpringRose PogoniasFlower-gathering nor yet in any spur it may be to ambition. I LEFT you in the morning,
And in the morning glow,
You walked a way beside…
according to Bion, is the rose; Pliny (i. 23) says it is the anemone; others say it is the field poppy, certainly the prince of weeds; but what we now generally mean by the Adonis flower…
The leaf symbolises the spear. The five anthers, the five wounds. The tendrils, the cords or whips. The column of the ovary, the pillar of the cross. The stamens, the hammers. The…
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