 Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and sunny glade amid the wood, And in the midst an aged Banian grew. It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And...  Christina, the Maid of the South Seas: A Poem - Page 187by Mary Russell Mitford - 1811 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Michigan State Horticultural Society - 1887 - 616 pages
...poetical description of one of these trees in his Curse •of Kehama, a part of which I will read. 'Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...sunny glade amid the wood And in the midst an aged Banyan grew. It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree ; For o'er the lawn irregularly spread,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1888 - 360 pages
...fly, Upward the lengthening pageantries aspire, Leaving from Earth to Heaven a widening wake of fire. Twas a. fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And many a long depending shoot, 143 Straight like a plummet,... | |
 | Alan Walters - 1892 - 340 pages
...Southey's description of the banyan tree in "The Curse of Kehama" is very fine and true to nature : — It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head; And many a long depending shoot Seeking to strike its root Straight... | |
 | Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - 1903 - 1086 pages
..."Their greatest enemy (ir of the buildings) is the Banyan-Tree."—^. Valentia, i. 396. 1810.— " In the midst an aged Banian grew. It was a goodly...tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And many a long depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root,... | |
 | Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - 1903 - 1538 pages
...name of a*p. kindred to the banyan, Ficvt brnjamtna, L. 1810.— " In the midst an aged Banian It WHS a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly s Fifty straight columns prop head ; And many a long depending si Seeking to strike its root, Straight... | |
 | 1904 - 606 pages
...living awhile apart From all the restless world, and nearer God. Davey, Photo A HONOLULU BANYAN TREE "It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree. For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And many a long depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root,... | |
 | 1905 - 622 pages
...on high, And with a last and loudest cry They call on Arvalan. IL THE RETREAT. From Book XIII. (v.) TWAS a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And many a long depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...we have none ; . . why travel on in fear T We cannot fly from Fate, and Fate will find us here. 50 'Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And many a long depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 720 pages
...Hope we have none : . . why travel on in fear? We cannot fly from Fate, and Fate will find us here. Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread. Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And many a long depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root,... | |
 | 1899 - 382 pages
...of the truest scenes to be met with in the vast and unknown tracts of those seldom explored epics. " 'Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and...tree ; For, o'er the lawn irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head ; And many a long depending shoot Seeking to strike its root,... | |
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