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" Cailasa's top, where every stem Glow'd with a vegetable gem, Mahe'sa stood, the dread and joy of men; While Parvati, to gain a boon, Fix'd on his locks a beamy moon, And hid his frontal eye, in jocund play, With reluctant sweet delay. All nature straight... "
The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: Collected by Himself - Page 146
by Robert Southey - 1838
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Works, Volume 13

Sir William Jones - 1807 - 534 pages
...with a vegetable gem, MAHE'SA stood, the dread and joy of men ; While Parvafi, to gain a boon, Fix'd on his locks a beamy moon, And hid his frontal eye,...Till Brahmans pure, with hallow'd lips And warbled pray'rs restor'd the day ; When GANGA' from his brow by heav'nly fingers press'd Sprang radiant, and...
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The curse of Kehama, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1811 - 304 pages
...with a vegetable gem, Mahe'sa stood, the dread and joy of men ; While Parvati, to gain a boon, Fix'd on his locks a beamy moon, And hid his frontal eye,...All nature straight was lock'd in dim eclipse, Till Brahmam pure, with hallow'd lips, And warbled prayers, restored the day ; When Ganga from hisbrow.byheavenlynngers...
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The curse of Kehama, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1812 - 278 pages
...with a vegetable gem, Mahe'sa stood, the dread and joy of men; While Parvati, to gain a boon, Fix'd on his locks a beamy moon, And hid his frontal eye,...and, descending, graced the caverns of the west." The descent of the Ganges is related in the Ramay una, one of the most celebrated of the sacred books...
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The curse of Kehama, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1812 - 288 pages
...jocund play, With reluctant sweet delay. All nature straight was lock'd in dim eclipse, Till Brahmani pure, with hallow'd lips, And warbled prayers, restored...and, descending, graced the caverns of the west." The descent of the Ganges is related in the Ramayuna, one of the most celebrated of the sacred books...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Esq. ...: Kehama

Robert Southey - 1818 - 290 pages
...with a vegetable gem, Mahe'sa stood, the dread and joy of men ; While Parvati, to gain a boon, Fix'd on his locks a beamy moon, And hid his frontal eye...lips, And warbled prayers, restored the day ; When Gangafrom his brow, by heavenly fingers press'd. Sprang radiant, and, descending, graced the caverns...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...with a vegetable gem, Mahesa stood, the dread and joy of men ; While Parvatl, to gain a boon, Fix'd on his locks a beamy moon, And hid his frontal eye,...Ganga from his brow by heavenly fingers press'd Sprang radiant,and descending graced the caverns of the west. The sun's car blazed, and laugh'd the morn ;...
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The Mythology of the Hindus: With Notices of the Various Mountain and Island ...

Charles Coleman - 1832 - 514 pages
...Glowed with a vegetable gem, Mahesa sate, the dread and joy of men. While Parvati, to gain a boon, Fix'd on his locks a beamy moon, And hid his frontal eye,...was lock'd in dim eclipse, Till Brahmans pure, with hallowed lips And warbled prayers, restored the day ; When Gunga from his brow, by heavenly fingers...
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India in Greece: Or, Truth in Mythology: Containing the Sources of the ...

Edward Pococke - 1852 - 444 pages
...Glowed with a vegetable gem, Mahesa sate, the dread and joy of men. While Paryati, to gain a boon, Fix'd on his locks a beamy moon, And hid his frontal eye,...All nature straight was lock'd in dim eclipse. Till Brah1nnns pure, with hallowed lips And warbled prayers, restored the day ; When Gunga from his brow,...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir of the Author ...

Robert Southey - 1860 - 338 pages
...with a vegetable gem, Mahe'sa stood, the dread and joy of men; While Pirvati, to gain a boon, Fixed on his locks a beamy moon, And hid his frontal eye...With reluctant sweet delay. All nature straight was locked in dim eclipse, Till Bramins pure, with hallowed lips And warbled prayers, restored the day;...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir of the Author ...

Robert Southey - 1860 - 352 pages
...with a vegetable gem, Mahe'sa stood, the dread and joy of men; While PArvati, to gain a boon, Fixed on his locks a beamy moon, And hid his frontal eye...With reluctant sweet delay. All nature straight was looked in dim eclipse, Till Bramins pure, with hallowed lips And warbled prayers, restored the day;...
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