. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. BUTTERCUPS. " wildings of nature, I dote upon you; For ye waft me to summers of old, When the earth teemed around me with fairy delight, And when daisies and Buttercups gladdened my sight. Like treasures of silver and ; In the mind of another writer, with whose name we are unacquainted, Buttercups are associated with the pleasures of child-life, on their first appearance in spring,— " Again I feel my heart is dancing, With wildly-throbbing keen delight. At this bright sc
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. BUTTERCUPS. " wildings of nature, I dote upon you; For ye waft me to summers of old, When the earth teemed around me with fairy delight, And when daisies and Buttercups gladdened my sight. Like treasures of silver and ; In the mind of another writer, with whose name we are unacquainted, Buttercups are associated with the pleasures of child-life, on their first appearance in spring,— " Again I feel my heart is dancing, With wildly-throbbing keen delight. At this bright scene of King-cups dancing Beneath the clear sun's golden light. Again I pluck the little flower, The first my childhood ever knew. And think upon the place and hour Where and when that first one grew; And as I gaze upon its cup Shining with burnished gold, The faithful memory calls up How many a friend beloved of old!" And Miss Twamley, when she described her feelings about flowers in poetry, reveals vivid recollections of her pleasures in them as a child,— " Oh! I can now recall th' unthrift delight That filled my basket and my tiny hand, With Buttercups that shone in burnished gold," and she thought that all children must have the same emo- tions on seeing them, for she calls them— " blest childhood's darling, the Buttercup, With bright rays gilt, as its flowers glance ; 44. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge and sons
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