 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
 | 1879 - 624 pages
...fathoms of water between me 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1880 - 618 pages
...madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair to eye As ere was mossy bed Whereon the Wood-Nymphs lie With languid limbs, in summer's sultry hours....cups contracted, And now, in open blossom spread, Stretched like green anthers many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 594 pages
...languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. * Southey, "Curso of Kehama," xvi. $ 5. AN OCEAN-GARDEN. 401 Here, too, were Living flowers Which, like a bud compacted,...purple cups contracted, And now in open blossom spread, Stretched like green anthers many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 586 pages
...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 As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the wood-nymphs lie With languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. • Southey, " Curae of Kehama." ivl.... | |
 | John Ross Macduff - 1882 - 304 pages
...mark affixed to them : — " 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...flowers, Which, like a bud compacted, Their purple buds contracted ; And now in open blossom spread, Stretched, like green anthers, many a leeky head... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1884 - 586 pages
...madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair to eye As ere was mossy bed Whereon the Wood-Nymphs lie With languid limbs, in summer's sultry hours....cups contracted, And now, in open blossom spread, Stretched like green anthers many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants... | |
 | Robert Richardson (B.A.) - 1884 - 264 pages
...of madrepores, And banks of sponge as fair to the eye As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the wood-nymphs lie, With languid limbs, in summer's sultry hours....cups contracted, And now in open blossom spread.' Some fibres were as fine as a silkworm's thread, and as beautiful as the golden hair of a mermaid spread... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1884 - 320 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 He With languid limbs in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which,... | |
 | Baroness Annie Allnutt Brassey, Annie Brassey - 1885 - 590 pages
...grots of madrepores, And banks of sponge, as soft and fair to eye As mossy bed whereon the wood-nymphs lie, With languid limbs, in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers. . . . Some writer has remarked that the spectator who is not greatly excited, exhilarated, and charmed... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...as soft and fair to As e'er was mossy bed Whereon the Wood-nymphs lay Their languid limbs in summers sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers Which,...compacted, Their purple cups contracted, And now in open blossoms spread, Stretched like green anthers many a seeking head. And aborets of jointed stone were... | |
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