...walls and towers were girdled round And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossom'd many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, And folding sunny spots of greenery. But oh that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill...

...Oriental richness and harmony. '' And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossom'd many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, And folding sunny spots of greenery. But oh ! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green...

...round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense- bearing tree ; And here were forests, ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery." A Chinese traveller, Wang Yun, who went in the suite of the emperor to Kai-ping-fu (the original name...

...walls and towers were girdled round : And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossom'd many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Infolding sunny spots of greenery. But oh that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill...

...walls and towers were girdled round : And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossom'd many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Infolding sunny spots of greenery. But oh ! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill...

...walls and towers were girdled round; And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossom'd many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests...Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. But oh, that deep romanfic chasm which slanted Down the green hill, athwart a cedarn cover ! A savage place! as holy...

...walls and towers were girdled round : And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossom'd ne of style, were the same as those of the •• Female Vagrant," as orig Infolding sunny spots of greenery. But oh that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill...

...walls and towers were girdled round ; And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests...as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery."* The description of this palace, as given by old Purchas, who merely followed that of our Venetian traveller,...

...walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests...ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. As e'er beneath a waning moou was haunted 13y woman wailing for her demou-lover ! And from this chasm,...

...round ; And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossom'd man y an incense-bearing tne ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. The Great Cham, or Khan, of Tartary, is called by the simple vulgar, " the Shadow of Spirits, and Sonue...