 And here were 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 in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which, like a bud compacted,...  The Curse of Kehama - Page 42by Robert Southey - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Guthrie - 1867 - 414 pages
...like a long, low, black reef. Adorned with sea anemones, it reminds one of the words of Southey:— " Here, too, were living flowers, Which, like a bud compacted, Their purple heads contracted, And now, in open blossoms spread, Stretch'd, like green anthers, many a seeking head."... | |
 | Arthur Mangin - 1868 - 480 pages
...OCEAN-GARDENS THE AQUARIUM. " And here were 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 lay Their languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers. Which,... | |
 | William Stones (travel writer.) - 1870 - 286 pages
...of matchless splendour. " And here were 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-nymph lie, With languid limbs in summer's sultry hours." Hosts of these tiny, social, family labourers... | |
 | Frances Freeling Broderip - 1871 - 324 pages
...do, for she were able to get along well enough till I come back again." ' CHAPTER X. CORAL FISHING. ' Here, too, were living flowers, Which, like a bud...compacted, Their purple cups contracted, And now in open blossoms spread, Stretched like green anthers many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were... | |
 | William Jones (F. S.) - 1871 - 488 pages
...of the lines of Southey : "And here were 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 in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which,... | |
 | M. E. Bewsher - 1871 - 198 pages
...Audrey repeated to them the poet Southey's beautiful description of these productions of the sea : — " Here, too, were living flowers, Which, like a bud compacted, Their purple heads contracted, And now in open blossoms spread, Stretoh'd, like green anthers, many a seeking head."... | |
 | Samuel Manning - 1880 - 260 pages
...was a place of Paradise. . And here were 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 in Summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which,... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1877 - 366 pages
...of Paradise. • * • * And hero were 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 in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - 1877 - 226 pages
...CONCERNING SEA-ANEMONES. And here were 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 in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which,... | |
 | 1878 - 592 pages
...madrepores, And hunks of spongi! ns sortand fair to eye As e'er wus mo^sy hed Where'er the wood-nymphs lie With languid limbs in Summer's sultry hours; Here too, were living flowers Which like a bu.l comp¡iete*!, Their purple cups contracled, And now in open hlosPom spread." The finest eliff... | |
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