Sonnets of Flowers and Trees (G.M. Tweddell)

George Markham Tweddell George Markham Tweddell  (GMT) 1823 - 1903   was born in Stokesley, North Yorkshire in 1823 and was variously a ...

On a Corn-field . Oh, it is a glorious sight, that field of corn! Yellow as amber is each ripen’d ear: See, now they lowly bend,—like ...

The Primrose (Primula vulgaris). Sweet, modest flower, so gentle in its mien, I ever love to gaze upon its form. Full oft in childhood...

The Beech. I. I envy not the taste of those who see No beauty in the Beech. In Spring, its green Is of the finest hue; and I have bee...

The Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea). I love, when loitering in some rustic lane, To see Stitchwort’s little satin flower; For every wild...

Sweet Gale, or Bog Myrtle (Myrica Gale). I. Linton, our artist poet, tells a tale, How “the sweet South Wind underground was frozen, ...

Jack-by-the-Hedge, or Sauce Alone (Sysimbricum Alliasion). ‘Our ancestors’ sole salading! I greet Your nettle looking leaves, and flower...