It was a Garden still beyond all price, Even yet it was a place of Paradise ; For where the mighty Ocean could not spare, There had he with his own creation, Sought to repair his work of devastation. And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores,... The Curse of Kehama - Page 46by Robert Southey - 1811Full view - About this book
| 1810 - 522 pages
...flowers through all the year were found» And all fair fruits were through all seasons seen. ' — * It was a garden still beyond all price, Even yet it...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 were... | |
| Enos Bronson - 1811 - 456 pages
...sweet flowers through all the year were found, And all fair fruits were through all seasons seen." " It was a garden still beyond all price, Even yet it...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... | |
| 1812 - 470 pages
...sweet flowers through all the year were found, And all fair fruits were through all seasons seen." " It was a garden still beyond all price. Even yet it...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... | |
| 1812 - 702 pages
...beyond all price, Even yet it was a place of Paradife ; For where the mighty Ocean could not fpare, There had he, with his own creation, ; Sought to repair his work of dcvallation. And here were coral bowers, ,\:ni grots of madrepores, _* We.wilhthe author had made his... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
...ßowers through all the year were found, And all fair fruits were through all seasons seen. — ft was a garden still beyond all price, Even yet it was...And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, Stimme zu hören als diejenige von den Flnthen des Meeres, die auf ewig an den rastlosen Kusten in... | |
| 1824 - 706 pages
...description we ever read ; — though we have nothing to compare with it except in one particular, . It was a garden still beyond all price, Even yet it...There had he, with his own creation, Sought to repair hia work of devastation. And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of spunge as... | |
| Jeremiah Van Rensselaer - 1825 - 380 pages
...deep and unfathomable recesses. . A poet has beautifully described a submarine scene. Jt was a Garden beyond all price, Even yet it was a place of paradise...coral 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... | |
| Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...sight Than were the groves which Baly, in his might, Made for his chosen place of solace and delight 5. It was a Garden still beyond all price, Even yet it...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... | |
| 1855 - 602 pages
...found more than one place in the gorgeous imagery of his oriental romances. Just listen to him : " ' It was a garden still beyond all price, Even yet it was a place of paradise ; * * * * * And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 pages
...found more than one place in the gorgeous imagery of his oriental romances. Just listen to him : " ' It was a garden still beyond all price, Even yet it was a place of paradise ; * * * • * And here were coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and... | |
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