 The fig-tree — not that kind for fruit renowned, 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...  The Ladies' pocket magazine - Page 2311836Full view - About this book
 | William Chambers - 1837 - 352 pages
...twigs take root; and daughters grow Aliont the mother tree; a pillared shade, Higli over-arched, with echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman...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,... | |
 | 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
...long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow j About the mother-tree — a pillar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks...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
...the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade noe High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There...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... | |
 | 1839 - 352 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High overarched, and echoing walks between; There oft the Indian herdsman,...pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." MRS. c. It is given quite with the pen of a naturalist. MRS. F. Southey also describes it minutely... | |
 | Marianne Young - 1839 - 336 pages
...bending 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,...tends his pasturing herds, At loop-holes cut through strictest shade." In strolling among the ruins of Bassein, the foot of the traveller will occasionally... | |
 | 1839 - 352 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High overarched, and echoing walks between; There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and lends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." MRS. c. It is given quite with... | |
 | 1841 - 272 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High over-arched, and echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman,...Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop holes cut through thickest shade. The banian-tree has been sometimes confounded •with another... | |
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