Category: Science - Biology
Lastly, came Winter clothèd all in frieze, Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill; Whilst on his hoary beard his breath did freeze, And the dull drops, that from his purpled bill As from a limbeck did adown distil: In his right hand a tippèd staff he held, With which...
Lastly, came Winter clothèd all in frieze, Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill; Whilst on his hoary beard his breath did freeze, And the dull drops, that from his p...
6. CHAPTER I.Our observation of the celestial phenomena may most easily be made in the winter-time. Then the nights are long, and the vault of heaven is crowded with stars, and, unilluminate...
7. CHAPTER II.Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold. --KEATS.
8. BOOK II.Now that the Winter's gone, the earth hath lost Her snow-white robes, and now no more the frost Candies the grass, or calls an icy cream Upon the silver lake or crystal stream;...
9. CHAPTER I.It may be doubted whether many of the patrons of Mudie's are acquainted with the works of a philosopher, who, in his day, enjoyed no little fame--I mean, Robert Boyle (1627-1691...
10. CHAPTER II.We have returned, at least in an astronomical sense, to the budding, happy, radiant spring; the sun, in its apparent course, crosses the equinoctial line; the duration of the da...
11. BOOK III.Blessed, thrice blessed is the man with whom The generous prodigality of nature, The balm, the bliss, the beauty, and the bloom, The bounteous providence in every feature, Recal...
12. CHAPTER I.The unequal duration of Day and Night, the succession and regular return of the seasons, all the phenomena observable upon the earth, are but the effects of a cause which we mus...
13. CHAPTER II.That the warning is true, all history attests. It is only, so to speak, from yesterday that the discovery of the sex of plants is to be dated; the tiny organs occupying the cent...
14. BOOK IV."Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them; _thou_ hast thy music too, While barred clouds bloom the softly dying day, And touch the stubble-plains wi...
15. CHAPTER I."The contemplation of the works of creation elevates the mind to the admiration of whatever is great and noble, accomplishing the object of all study, which is to inspire the lo...
16. CHAPTER II."I care not, Fortune, what you me deny; You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace; You cannot shut the windows of the sky Through which Aurora shows her bright'ning face; You can...