 | Benjamin Smith Barton - 1803 - 630 str.
...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 str.
...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...touch withdraws her timid hands: Oft, as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade, Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade; And feels, alive through all her... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1805 - 224 str.
...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...touch withdraws 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... | |
 | Bernard M'Mahon - 1806 - 746 str.
...fiudica, or humble and sensitive plant, which is thus characterized iu the •flowing poetry of DARwIN. " Weak with nice sense the chaste Mimosa stands, From each rude touch withdraws her tender hands ; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade, Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade... | |
 | Bernard M'Mahon - 1806 - 686 str.
...fiudica, or humble and sensitive plant, which is thus characterized in the flowing poetry of DARWIN. " Weak with nice sense the chaste Mimosa stands, From each rude touch withdraws her tender hands ; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade, Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 904 str.
...that some of the descriptions, taken separately, are exquisitely beautiful : witness the following ; " Weak with nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands, From...touch withdraws her timid hands; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade, Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade; And feels, alive, through all... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 str.
...plant to the light as well a« 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 o'erpass the summer glade, Alarm'd she trembles at the moving shade ; Aud feels alive through all her... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 str.
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Smith Barton - 1814 - 402 str.
...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,... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 str.
...towards the earth. The ingenious Darwin, in his ' Botanic Garden,' thus describes this delicate plant : Weak with nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands, From each rude touch withdraws her timid hand*; Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer-glade, Alarmed she trembles at the moving shade; And... | |
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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. 
