 The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd...  English Trees & Tree Planting - Page 117by William H. Ablett - 1880Full view - About this book
 | 1836 - 558 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High over-arched, and echoing walks between: There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends bis pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade: Those leave» They gathered, broad as... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 pages
...priest of Buddha, or in those of some Indian shepherd, who, retired under the shade of a fig tree, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes, cut through thickest shade. PARADISE LOST, B. ix. Nothing is more natural than the curiosity which leads us to inquire after the... | |
 | William Chambers - 1837 - 352 pages
...ground The bending twigs take root; and daughters grow Aliont the mother tree; a pillared shade, Higli over-arched, with echoing walks between. There oft...herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade."' Some specimens of the Indian fig-tree are mentioned as being of immense magnitude. One near Mangee,... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tre, a pillar'd shadee High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman,...pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade : Those leaves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe; » bois impénétrables à la lumière de l'étoile... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About lhe mother-tre, a pillar'd shadee High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman,...pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade : Those leaves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe; .< bois impénétrables à la lumière de rétoile... | |
 | Book - 1837 - 232 pages
...root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High overarched and echoing Wiilis between. There oft the Indian herdsman shunning heat,...pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade: thoae leaves They gathered, broad as Amazonian targe, And, with what skill they had, together sewed,... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1837 - 548 pages
...priest of Buddha, or in those of some Indian shepherd, who, retired under the shade of a fig-tree, " Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes, cut through thickest shade." PARADISE LOST, B. ix. " Nothing is more natural than the curiosity which leads us to inquire after... | |
 | 1837 - 522 pages
...priest of Buddha, or in those of some Indian shepherd, who, retired under the shade of a fig-tree, " Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes, cut through thickest shade." PARAD1SE LOST, a. ix. " Nothing is more natural than the curiosity which leads us to inquire after... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 pages
...twigs take root, and daughters grow j About the mother-tree — a pillar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman,...herds, At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." Could the minds that conceived and the hands that wrought this prodigy of art h;ive been those of men... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade noe High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Indian herdsman...cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loopholes cut thro' thickest shade. Those leaves They gather 'd broad, as Amazonian targe, nil And with what skill... | |
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