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Line 155: * To me the meanest flower that blows can give<br>Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. ** [[William Wordsworth]], ''Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood'' (1803). * How cruel of you. What part of what you see here is carefree? If only you could understand the sadness of the ones who grow the delicate flowers of buffoonery, protecting them from but the slightest gust of wind and always on the verge of despair! ** [[Osamu Dazai]], ''The Flowers of Buffoonery'' (1935). ====''Paradise Lost''==== Line 504 ⟶ 507: ====[[w:Apple blossom\|Apple blossom]]==== [[File:~~Apple~~Aphonse ~~tree~~Mucha ~~blossom~~- Rose 1898.~~JPG~~jpg\|thumb\|right\|The apple blossoms' shower of pearl,<br>Though blent with rosier hue,<br>As beautiful as woman's blush,<br>As evanescent too.]] =====''Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations'' (1922) ===== :<small>Quotes reported in ''[[Wikisource:Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)\|Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations]]'' (1922), p. 38.</small> Line 1,028 ⟶ 1,031: [[File:Magnòlia a Verbania.JPG\|thumb\|Majestic flower! How purely beautiful<br> Thou art…]] * Fragrant o'er all the western groves<br>The tall magnolia towers unshaded. ** [[{{w\|Maria Gowen Brooks]]}}, ~~''Written~~stanzas written by Idomen on ~~Seeing~~seeing Pharamond~~''; reported~~ in ''~~Hoyt's~~Idomen; ~~New~~or, ~~Cyclopedia~~The OfVale ~~Practical~~of ~~Quotations~~Yumuri'' (~~1922~~New York: Samuel Colman, 1843), "The Confessions", p. ~~487~~182. * Majestic flower! How purely beautiful<br> Thou art, as rising from thy bower of green,<br>Those dark and glossy leaves so thick and full,<br> Thou standest like a high-born forest queen<br>Among thy maidens clustering round so fair,;—<br> I love to watch thy sculptured form unfolding,<br>And look into thy depths, to image there<br> A fairy cavern,; and while thus beholding,<br>And while ~~thy~~the breeze floats o'er thee, matchless flower,<br> I breathe the perfume, delicate and strong,<br>That comes like incense from thy petal-bower;,<br> My fancy roams those southern woods along,<br>Beneath that glorious tree, where deep among<br> The unsunned leaves thy large white flower-cups hung! ** ~~[[C.~~{{w\|Christopher P.Pearse Cranch]]}}, ~~''Poem~~Sonnet VII: to"To the Magnolia Grandiflora~~'';~~" ~~reported~~(1836), in ''~~Hoyt~~Poems''s ~~New~~(Philadelphia: ~~Cyclopedia~~Carey Ofand ~~Practical~~Hart, ~~Quotations'' (1922~~1844), p. ~~487~~102. * '''I [[Awakening\|wake]] to "[[magnolias]] sweet and fresh", <br /> Lines of [[poetry]] on my breath''', <br />You were here but you have stolen away. <br />My [[inspiration]] is an evening [[star]], <br />So come to me wherever you are, <br />I will wait for you tonight alone in the [[dark]]… Line 1,337 ⟶ 1,340: ==External links== * {{Wikipedia-inline}} ~~{{wikipedia\|Flower}}~~ * {{Wiktionary-inline}} ~~{{wiktionary\|flower}}~~ [[Category:Flowers\| ]]