 | William Albert Andrews - 1880 - 200 pages
...seeking head, And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants of fibres fine as silkworm's thread, Yea, beautiful as mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves...leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide outflowing." But I am departing from my course, and such a contrast from the bottom of the sea to the top and our... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 594 pages
...seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants of fibre fine, as silkworm's thread ; Yea, beautiful as mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves...dispread. Others that, like the broad banana growing, Kaised their long wrinkled leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide outflowing. " Off the coral reef... | |
 | John Ross Macduff - 1882 - 304 pages
...leeky head ; And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants of fibres fine as silkworm's thread ; Yea, beautiful, as mermaid's golden hair Upon the...leaves of purple hue Like streamers wide outflowing." * * I cannot resist directing my readers, when they can lay their hands on his volumes, to some very... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1884 - 320 pages
...seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants of fibres fine as silkworm's thread ; Yea, beautiful as mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves...leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide outflowing.' — Kehama, xvi. 5. " A hundred times you might fancy you saw the type, the very original of this description,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...[hair Yea, beautiful as Mermaid's golden Upon the waves dispread : Others that, like the broad bannana growing, Raised their long wrinkled leaves of purple...out-flowing. And whatsoe'er the depths of Ocean hide [espied. From human eyes, Ladurlad there Trees of the deep, and shrubs and fruits and flowers, As fair... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...[hair Yea, beautiful as Mermaid's golden Upon the waves dispread : Others that, like the broad bannana growing, Raised their long wrinkled leaves of purple...out-flowing. And whatsoe'er the depths of Ocean hide [espied. From human eyes, Ladurlad there Trees of the deep, and shrubs and fruits and flowers, As fair... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...were there, And plants of fibres fine, as silkworm's thread ; [hair Yea, beautiful as Mermaid's golden Upon the waves dispread. Others that, like the broad...growing. Raised their long wrinkled leaves of purple hue, no Like streamers wide out-flowing. And whatsoe'er the depths of Ocean hide From human eyes, Ladurlad... | |
 | 1868 - 180 pages
...seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants of fibres fine as silkworm's thread, Yea, beautiful as mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves...leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide outflowing. The clever owner of the shop, Mr. WA Lloyd, has left England, and the collection is broken up; but... | |
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Stretch'd like green anthers many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants of fibres fine, as silkworm's thread ; Yea, beautiful as Mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves dispread : Others that, like the broad banana growing,... 
