O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities;... For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the on...e who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. For we are God's servants, working together; you are God's field, God's building.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Have We not made the earth as a cradle and the mountains as pegs?... And We created you in pairs, and We appointed your sleep for a rest; and We appointed night for a garment, and We appointed day for a livelihood. And We have built above you seven strong ones, and We appointed a blazing lamp and have sent down out of the rain-clouds water cascading that We may bring forth thereby grain and plants, and gardens luxuriant.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The mortal enemies of man are not his fellows of another continent or race; they are the aspects of the physical world which limit... or challenge his control, the disease germs that attack him and his domesticated plants and animals, and the insects that carry many of these germs as well as working notable direct injury. This is not ... the age of man, however great his superiority in size and intelligence; it is literally the age of insects.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Though of erect nature, man is far above the plants. For man's superior part, his head, is turned toward the superior part of the ...world, and his inferior part is turned toward the inferior world; and therefore he is perfectly disposed as to the general situation of his body. Plants have the superior part turned towards the lower world, since their roots correspond to the mouth, and their inferior parts towards the upper world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When the Marne flowed by the plants nodded... And above the glistering Gila A sunset as beautiful as the Athabasca Stammered. The Zambezi chimed. The Oxus Flowed somewhere.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade,... Which a grove of myrtles made, Beasts did leap, and birds did sing, Trees did grow, and plants did spring: Every thing did banish moan, Save the Nightingale alone.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
And time brings down what is both strong and tall. But plants new set to be eradicate,... And buds new blown, to have so short a date, Is by his hand alone that guides nature and fate.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »