Sunflowers
Sunflowers
Helianthus is a genus comprising around 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae commonly known as sunflowers. Except for three South American species, the species of Helianthus are native to North America and Central America. The best-known species is the common sunflower. This and other species, notably Jerusalem artichoke, are cultivated in temperate re
"Ah, Sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun; Seeking after that sweet golden clime, Where the travellers journey is done; Where the youth pined away with desire, And the pale virgin shrouded in snow, Arise from their graves, and aspire Where my Sunflower wishes to go!"
Sunflowers"Eagle of flowers! I see thee stand, And on the suns noon-glory gaze; With eye like his, thy lids expand, And fringe their disk with golden rays: Though fixd on earth, in darkness rooted there, Light is thy element, thy dwelling air, Thy prospect heaven."
Sunflowers"Restless sunflower; cease to move."
Sunflowers"But one, the lofty follower of the Sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves Drooping all night; and, when he warm returns, Points her enamoured bosom to his ray."
Sunflowers"Light-enchanted sunflower, thou Who gazest ever true and tender On the suns revolving splendour."
Sunflowers"The Sunflowr, thinking twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t excuse the blame; It was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head."
Sunflowers"As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets, The same look which she turnd when he rose."
Sunflowers"With zealous step he climbs the upland lawn, And bows in homage to the rising dawn; Imbibes with eagle eye the golden ray, And watches, as it moves, the orb of day."
Sunflowers"Space for the sunflower, bright with yellow glow, To court the sky."
Sunflowers
