The Language and Poetry of Flowers
Author: Henry Gardiner Adams
Publisher:
Published: 1859
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13:
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Poetry of Flowers
Author: Patricia Whittaker
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 1992-03-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780810937185
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The Poetry of Flowers and Flowers of Poetry
Author: Frances Sargent Locke Osgood
Publisher:
Published: 1841
Total Pages: 330
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe RHS Book of Flower Poetry and Prose
Author: Charles Elliott
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 2021-03-09
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 0711261970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArtists and writers have always been drawn to flowers, as sources of inspiration, for simple enjoyment, and flowers themselves have been the muses for many of our greatest and most memorable works of art. This volume brings together the best flower poetry and prose from a broad range of writers, from Shakespeare and Milton, to Reginald Farrer and Edward Augustus Bowles, to twentieth-century poets such as Marianne Moore and Theodore Roethke. Wild and garden flowers are here explored in all their moods and mysteries. The poems and extracts are illustrated with botanical art from the Royal Horticultural Society’s Lindley Library, acknowledged as the world’s finest horticultural library. Addison • Betjeman • Bowles • Bradley and Cooper • Burns • Burroughs • Capek • Carroll • Clare • Colette • Crabbe • Ellacombe • Farrer • Fish • Gerard • Gilbert • Hanmer • Hardy • Hopkins • Housman • Hudson • Hunt • Jekyll • Johnson • Lawrence • Longfellow • Marvell • Milton • Mitchell • Moore • Parkinson • Pitter • Plunkett • Ridler • Roethke • Rohde • Rossetti • Sackville West • Seward • Shakespeare • Silkin • Sitwell • Stevenson • Swinburne • Thomas • Williams • Williamson • Wither • Wordsworth
The Book of Flowers
Author: William Wordsworth
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2020-02-20
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13: 1528789407
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA delightful pocket-sized collection of William Wordsworth’s poetry on flowers. This volume brings Wordsworth’s vivid nature imagery to life, featuring much-loved poems such as ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ or ‘Daffodils’. This beautiful collection of Wordsworth’s poetry is drawn together by a common theme of flowers and plant life. The poems give inspiring descriptions of nature and are intertwined with the poet’s thoughts and experiences of life, including his friendships, relationships and religious beliefs. Included in this volume are poems such as: - ‘To the Daisy’ - ‘To the Small Celadine’ - ‘To the Waterfall and the Eglantine’ - ‘The Oak and the Broom. A Pastoral’ - ‘Not Love, Not War, Nor the Tumultuous Swell’ - ‘Though the Bold Wings of Poesy Affect’ From the specialist poetry imprint, Ragged Hand, Read & Co. has proudly republished Wordsworth’s Poetry on Flowers in this beautiful small edition, perfect for on-the-go reading. Complete with an introductory excerpt from Thomas Carlyle’s 1881 Reminiscences, this volume is not to be missed by nature lovers or collectors of Wordsworth’s work.
Ode to Flowers
Author: Samuel Carr
Publisher: Batsford
Published: 2013-07-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781849941198
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA rich collection of poetry that celebrates the beauty and symbolism of flowers. Beautifully illustrated with nostalgic illustrations of a range of beautiful blooms, this book includes a diverse range of poems. From verses celebrating the beginning of spring with the emergence of the snowdrops, daffodils, and bluebells to poems that honour the summer colour of asters, the heady scent of jasmine, and the brazen sunflower. The classic poets are included, including Shakespeare, Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Seamus Heaney. There's also range of rich poetry from less-famous names which have stood the test of time and evoke nature’s beauty.
The Sun and Her Flowers
Author: Rupi Kaur
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 2017-10-03
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1449488897
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDivided into five chapters and illustrated by kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms. this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom
Flowers, the Angels' Alphabet
Author: Susan Loy
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780970211316
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis language of flowers book contains original floral art, classic floral poems and texts, and extensive floral dictionaries. Twenty-eight colour Literary Calligraphy paintings by popular artist Susan Loy are included. Each painting incorporates flowers and hand-lettered poems or texts expressing meanings related to love, nature, peace, serenity, friendship, and many more. Each illustration is accompanied by text relating to that flower's origin, name, cultivation, and habitat. Two floral dictionaries (2,900 entries) present an Language of Flowers by flower and by sentiment. Eight poems describe the language of flowers. Appendix includes dictionaries from twelve American, three British, and one French, Victorian-era language of flowers' books.
The RHS Book of Garden Verse
Author:
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 2021-03-23
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0711263361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the RHS comes this compendium of poetry about gardens and garden plants, themes that have provided inspiration for poets since the dawn of time. The poems span many centuries and include the work of such great writers as Wordsworth, Spenser and Shakespeare.
Asphodel, that Greeny Flower & Other Love Poems
Author: William Carlos Williams
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 70
ISBN-13: 9780811212830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA dozen poems on love by a New Jersey obstetrician (1883-1963) who often wrote them on office prescription pads. In the title poem, first published when he was 72, he wrote: "What power has love but forgiveness? / In other words / by its intervention / what has been done / can be undone."
