 | John Marius Wilson - 1859 - Počet stránok 476
...large banyan are well described by Southey in his Curse of Kehama :— " 'Twos 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 sce That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread,... | |
 | John Hutton Balfour - 1859 - Počet stránok 492
...with its numerous stems (fig. 45, p-63), thus described by South cy : — " '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 - 1860 - Počet stránok 352
...in fear ? "We cannot fly from Fate, and Fate will find us here." • 5. 'Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and sunny glade amid the wood,...the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propped its lofty head ; And many a long, depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root, Straight, like... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - Počet stránok 338
...travel on in fear ? We cannot fly from Fate, and Fate will find us here." 5. 'Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and sunny glade amid the wood,...the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propped its lofty head; And many a long, depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root, Straight, like... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - Počet stránok 896
...yards. Southey, in the Curse of Kehama, has well described this object: — " '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,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - Počet stránok 832
...and echoing walks between." Soutliey pictures it still more fully : — ' 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,... | |
 | Beauties - 1866 - Počet stránok 310
...gird their waist. Southey also has described one of these far-famed trees : 'Twas a fair scene wherein they stood, A green and sunny glade amid the wood,...It was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree, 1 Paradise Lost, book ix. O'er the lawn irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propp'd its lofty... | |
 | Juvenile verse and picture book - 1866 - Počet stránok 130
...strange affair ; Yet so it was, that Whittington Did thrice become Lord Mayor. -a r THE BANIAN. ' T was a goodly sight to see That venerable tree : For...the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propped its lofty head ; And many a long dependmg shoot, Seeking to strike its root, Straight like... | |
 | 1867 - Počet stránok 558
...fair scene wherein they stood, A green und sunny glade amid (he wood, And in the midst an aged bunyan grew. It was a goodly sight to see That venerable...the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propped its lofty head ; And many a long depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root, Straight, like... | |
 | W. H. D. A., William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - Počet stránok 136
...The scene is " a green and sunny glade " in a tropical forest, — "And in the midst an aged banyan grew. It was a goodly sight to see That venerable...the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propped its lofty head; And many a long depending shoot, Seeking to strike its root, Straight, like... | |
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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 propped its lofty head;... 
