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" 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 42
by Robert Southey - 1812
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A Daring Voyage Across the Atlantic Ocean: By Two Americans, the Brothers ...

William Albert Andrews - 1880 - 200 pages
...Southey in his " Kehama," xvi. 5, which strangely came to my mind by way of contrast, I suppose : ā€” " It was a garden still beyond all price ā€” 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 to...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir ...

Robert Southey - 1884 - 586 pages
...(/ailed forth new powers wherewith to vanquish Art The Swerga-God himself, with envious eye, Surveyed those peerless gardens in their prime ; Nor ever did...coral bowers, And grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair to eye As ere was mossy bed Whereon the Wood-Nymphs lie With languid limbs,...
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The Works of Charles Kingsley, Volume 5

Charles Kingsley - 1884 - 320 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 to eye...
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Poems

Robert Southey - 1895 - 264 pages
...sight Than were the groves which Baly, in his might, Made for his chosen place of solace and delight. 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...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry

Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...gocxllie .Turn were the groves which Baly, in hi Made for his' chosen place of solace and delight. It was a Garden still beyond all price. Even yet it was a place of Para ror where the mighty Ocean could not spare, There had he, with his own creation, Sought to repair...
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A thousand and one gems of English poetry, selected and arranged by C. Mackay

Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...goodlier Than were the groves which Baly, in his might, Made for his chosen place of solace and delight. It was a Garden still beyond all price, Even yet it was a place of Paradise jā€” For where the mighty Ocean could not spare, There had he, with his own creation, Sought to repair...
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Poems of Robert Southey: Containing Thalaba, The Curse of Kehama, Roderick ...

Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...goodlier Than were the groves which Baly, in his might. Made for his chosen place of solace and delight. 6 It was a Garden still beyond all price, Even yet it...Paradise ; For where the mighty Ocean could not spare, 91 There had he with his own creation. Sought to repair his work of devastation. And here were coral...
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Poems of Robert Southey: Containing Thalaba, The Curse of Kehama, Roderick ...

Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...goodlier Than were the groves which Baly, in his might, Made for his chosen place of solace and delight. It was a Garden still beyond all price, ( Even yet it was a place of Paradise ; iFor where the mighty Ocean could not spare, 91 There had he with his own creation, Sought to repair...
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The Poetical Works

Robert Southey - 720 pages
...seasons seen ; A place of Paradise, where each device Of emulous Art with Nature strove to vie ; K 3 4. And Nature on her part, Call'd forth new powers wherewith...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...
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