| 单词 | speedwell |
| 例句 | Flowering examples of germander speedwell, daffodil and chicory cast shadows and consort with the odd caterpillar or beetle, surrounded by borders of more schematic leaf motifs that nonetheless have space for some quite real-looking birds. Religious Miniature and Nature Drawings at the Morgan 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z These are all possible vermouth flavourings, along with the aromats Scothern passes round – wormwood, hyssop, chamomile, gentian, speedwell, cloves, cinnamon and liquorice. Vermouth revival: a masterclass in fortified wine 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Autumn Joy sedum and speedwell, a purple flower that reminded me of a gnome’s hat, were still going strong. Perspective | Creating a garden as a refuge for pollinators — and myself 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Craig's and my favorite wildflower of the moment is the common speedwell. Green Blog: The Language of Flowers 2012-07-11T15:45:52Z The little lady of the speedwell eyes, is as far above you as the stars in heaven, and you know it. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z Here, too, were the harebell and speedwell, fringed with the delicate frond of the maidenhair fern. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z “O’erhung with wild woods thickening green,” and “braes” clad in brackens, among which wild flowers were growing—the sweet-scented hyacinth, the white or pink crane’s-bill, the little pimpernel, and the azure speedwell. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z There is a wealth of wild flowers everywhere—blue-eyed speedwells, the yellow celandine, the crimson of clover, the ragged robin, and ox-eye daisies weeping dew. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Yet unlike the grass-flowers that surf our tall meadow, the jauntily named speedwell hides close to the ground. Green Blog: The Language of Flowers 2012-07-11T15:45:52Z Yet the green sward continued to be decked with orfrey-work of many hues—buttercups, violets, rose-campion, speedwell, daisies—defiant little bright heads not three inches from the roots. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The gorse is yellow on the heath; The banks of speedwell flowers are gay; The oaks are budding, and beneath, The hawthorn soon will bear the wreath, The silver wreath of May. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z The primula is thus spoken of, on account of its yellow centre, also the adonis, or “pheasant’s eye,” and the blue veronica, or germander speedwell. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z See—by this big tree are speedwell and delphinium. The Valiants of Virginia He plucked speedwell flowers and threw them into her lap. Plashers Mead A Novel In the fields were primroses, cowslips, milfoil, daffodils, daisies, speedwell, jacinths, and violets. Toilers of the Sea Willow herb, mint, pale speedwell and rattle Water hemlock and sundew—to the wind's tittle-tattle They nodded, dreamed, swayed in jocund delight, In beauty and sweetness arrayed, still and bright. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems He has the quality of winsomeness, like the violet and the speedwell among the flowers. Under the Maples The fields were white with moon-daisies, growing among the long, lush grass; and all the roadsides were a tangle of vetches, campion, bugle, trefoil and speedwells. The Manor House School "When I haven't got you with me," he said, "I have to pretend that the speedwells are your eyes, and that the dog-roses are your cheeks." Plashers Mead A Novel The last drops of a shower were falling, but the sun had burst through, and the sky above the thicket was cleared to the blue of speedwell flowers. Tatterdemalion Brambles, speedwells, forget-me-nots, and nettles grow mixed with figs, balsams, peppers, and huge climbing vines. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty The hawthorn was bursting into leaf, all bright and green, and here and there the wild flowers were showing themselves, the buttercup and the speedwell. The Hero Corn-marigold was gay again in July, and the white blackberry blossoms came with crane's bill and flax, campion and willow-herb, speedwell and vetchling. The Old Helmet, Volume II The cowslips blow, And the ground's all gold below me; The speedwell's eye Peers up so bli' I swear it seems to know me! A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales Her smooth round cheeks are tinted with the tender pink of the shell; her great eyes, of speedwell blue, are opened frankly and fearlessly on the whole world. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Among them are purple, yellow, pink, and white primulas, golden potentillas, gentians of deepest azure, delicate anemones, speedwells, fritillaries, oxalis, balsams, and ranunculus. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Here is blue speedwell and the delicately pencilled stitchwort with its pure snow-white blossoms and delicate green leaves. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children She opened her speedwell blue eyes to their fullest width, and stared at me dolefully. The Lady of the Basement Flat But aloft, where rich arras once hid the stone, and silver sconces held the torch, Nature now sets her hand, brings spleenwort and harts-tongue, trails the ivy, the speedwell, and the toad-flax.... Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts The Indian paint-brush, the speedwell, the elephant's trunk, and the pigeon bills are all well-known members of the large figwort family which does much to embellish the Mountain meadows. The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' Her eyes were of speedwell blue, and looked as if they were meant to be always more or less brimming with tears. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son Green leaves, such as wild geranium, strawberry and speedwell, were to be found in abundance beneath their covering of fallen forest leaves. Some Winter Days in Iowa The thorn-trees were all in bloom, and the banks were covered with the white stitchwort and blue speedwell. The Story of Bawn And then again they struck into a by-lane with tall hedges, the banks underneath which were bright with stitchwort and speedwell and white dead-nettle. Prince Fortunatus Her hair was white, but it shone like travellers' joy, and her peering old eyes were blue as speedwell, and her shrivelled cheeks were pink as apple-blossom. The Judge Full busy has May been these days I have missed her, And the milkwort is blooming, and blue falls the speedwell. Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough Painter's brush, harebell, speedwell, golden-brown gaillardias, silvery hawkweed, columbines yellow and blue, heaths, and lush grasses--Elizabeth sank down among them in speechless joy. Lady Merton, Colonist Then there would be some wrangling as to whether ugliness was the test of weeds, till Socrates would make it clear that this would involve omitting speedwell and the scarlet pimpernel from the list. The Pleasures of Ignorance How many suns it takes To make one speedwell blue— was no mere fancy of a poet. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Her eyes," with a soft-touched laugh, "are the colour of the blue speedwell I showed you. The Shuttle The leaves and branches above kept on the song which had sung me asleep; only now, to my mind, it sounded like a farewell and a speedwell. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women A few daisies and the pretty blue-eyed speedwell were growing amid the grass upon it. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 He crossed a larch plantation, and followed a narrow by-road, where blue speedwell flowers fell from the banks into the dust. England, My England It was the germander speedwell that in literature and botanies alike was most commonly known as the forget-me-not for more than two hundred years, or until only fifty years ago. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing As Miss Vanderpoel turned with him into the path, she stooped and picked a blossom from a clump of speedwell growing at the foot of a bit of wall. The Shuttle There's the king-cup bright as gold, and the speedwell never cold, And the arum leaves unrolled, Bonny lassie O! Poems Chiefly from Manuscript Many speedwells still remain in fine condition, notably Veronica longifolia; they are a hardy and a showy race of plants, and will grow anywhere. Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 On the lower side of the drive, the rolling grass slopes were thriftily left for hay; a flowering mass of daisies, and buttercups, and red clover, and blue speedwell. Peter's Mother The sacred features, however, remained impressed upon the linen, and from the fancied resemblance of the blossom of the speedwell to this hallowed relic, the plant was named Veronica. The Folk-lore of Plants Pale blue speedwell does not fade; the pale blue stands the warmth equally with the scarlet. The Open Air Under the pale coat reaching to his spurs One saw his colours, which were also hers, Narrow alternate bars of blue and white Blue as the speedwell's eye and silver bright. Right Royal In the bunches of grass and by the gateways the germander speedwell looks like tiny specks of blue stolen, like Prometheus' fire, from the summer sky. The Life of the Fields Before ever a Norman castle held a vantage- height the tansy grew dark and rank in cottage gardens and the children went gathering woodruff and speedwell and the elfin gold of "little socks and shoes." Masters of the Guild The bright blue blossoms of the speedwell, which enliven our wayside hedges in spring-time, are said to display in their markings a representation of the kerchief of St Veronica, imprinted with the features of Christ. The Folk-lore of Plants Blue veronica was the next identified, sometimes called germander speedwell, sometimes bird's-eye, whose leaves are so plain and petals so blue. The Open Air There was a patch of speedwell, like a handful of sapphires cast down. The Altar Fire His eyes were pure blue, like the blue of the speedwell. Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott It would not be easy to describe her feelings when she saw the young lady, whom she had brought delicately blue and white, like a speedwell flower, nearly as black as a sweep. Countess Kate It was the germander speedwell that in literature and botanies alike was most commonly known as the forget-me-not for over two hundred years, or until only fifty years ago. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Bring orchis, bring the fox-glove spire, The little speedwell's darling blue, Deep tulips dashed with fiery dew, Laburnums, dropping-wells of fire. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 When Spring comes laughing By vale and hill, By wind-flower walking And daffodil,— Sing stars of morning, Sing morning skies, Sing blue of speedwell,— And my Love's eyes. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 "Is it blue," she asked, "as blue as the speedwell that grows beside the brook?" The Blue Flower There is no flower has the charm of all—the speedwell's purity, the everlasting's strength, the mountain-lily's warmth; but who knows whether there is no love that holds all—friendship, passion, worship? The Story of an African Farm, a novel Yet, though remorse, youth’s white-faced seneschal,Tread on my heels with all his retinue,I am most glad I loved thee—think of allThe suns that go to make one speedwell blue! Ballad of Reading Gaol "Yes, it is as much bluer than the speedwell, as the river is deeper than the brook." The Blue Flower |
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