 And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair to eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the wood-nymphs lie With languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which, like a bud compacted,...  The Curse of Kehama - Page 42by Robert Southey - 1812Full view - About this book
 | 1810 - 522 pages
...Paradise ; For where the mighty Ocean could not spare, Th«re had he, witii his own creation, Sought Sought to repair his work of devastation. And here...and fair to eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the Wood-Nymphs lie % Their languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. '— * ' And arborets of jointed stone... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1811 - 458 pages
...repair his work of devastation. And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of spung, as soft and fair to eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the wood nymphs lie Their languid limbs in summer's sultry hours."— " And arborets of jointed stones were there, And... | |
 | 1812 - 704 pages
...•As e'er was mofly bed Whereon the Wood Nymphs lie [lay] Their languid lirabs in fumrner's fultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers Which, like...compacted, , Their purple cups contracted, And now in open bloiïbm fpread, Strctch'd like green anthers many a feeking head. ' And arboreis of jointed ftone... | |
 | 1812 - 470 pages
...repair his work of devastation. And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of spung, as soft and fair to eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the wood nymphs lie Their languid limbs in summer's sultry hours." — " And arborets of jointed stones were there, And... | |
 | 1824
...For where the mighty ocean could not spare There had he, with his own creation, Sought to repair hia work of devastation. And here were coral bowers, And...and fair to eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the wood-nymphs lie Their languid limbs in Bummer's lultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers Which,... | |
 | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer - 1825 - 380 pages
...bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair to eye; As e'er was mossy bed. Here, too, were living flowers, Which, like a bud...compacted, Their purple cups contracted, And now in open blossoms spread, Stretched like green anthers many a seeking heas.. And arborets of jointed stone were... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 806 pages
...devastation. And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of spunge, as soft and in; to eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the Wood Nymphs lie Their languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers Which, like a bud compacted,... | |
 | 1884 - 656 pages
...grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair to eye As mossy bed whereon the wood-nymphs lie, With languid limbs, in summer's sultry hours : Here, too, were living flowers.' " " We have been told," says Miss Cobbe, in an eloquent paper in the Contemporary, " that in the event... | |
 | 1855 - 602 pages
...place of paradise ; * * * * * And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair to eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the wood-nymphs lie With languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which,... | |
 | 1847 - 282 pages
...Sea-anemone. When closed, it is in its quiescent state ; when open, seeking its food. Here, too, are living flowers, Which, like a bud compacted, Their...purple cups contracted, And now in open blossom spread, Stretch, like green anthers, many a seeking head. SouTHEy. It is worthy of observation that as we approach... | |
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