 | Robert Southey - 1888 - Počet stránok 360
...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...way, Fixing their bearded fibres, round and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound ; Some to the passing wind at times, with sway Of gentle... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1888 - Počet stránok 360
...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...its lofty head ; And many a long depending shoot, 143 Straight like a plummet, grew towards the ground. Some on the lower boughs which crost their way,... | |
 | Alan Walters - 1892 - Počet stránok 340
...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...way, Fixing their bearded fibres, round and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound; Some to the passing wind at times with sway Of gentle motion... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1895 - Počet stránok 264
...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...way, Fixing their bearded fibres, round and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound ; Some to the passing wind at times, with -sway Of gentle... | |
 | Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - 1903 - Počet stránok 1088
...1810.— " 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...way, Fixing their bearded fibres, round and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound ; Some to the passing wind at times, with sway Of gentle... | |
 | 1904 - Počet stránok 604
...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...Straight, like a plummet, Grew towards the ground." — Southey. BOOK LORE his own ground." Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York, $1.50. In these days of... | |
 | 1905 - Počet stránok 622
...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...way Fixing their bearded fibres, round and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound ; Some to the passing wind at times, with sway Of gentle... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1909 - Počet stránok 808
...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...Straight like a plummet, grew towards the ground. 60 Some on the lower boughs which crost their way, Fixing their bearded fibres, round and round, [wound... | |
 | Mayne Reid - 1920 - Počet stránok 254
...mythology as the • sacred banyan." " It was a goodly sight to sen Straight like a plummet grew toward* the ground. Some on the lower boughs which crost their way, Fixing their bearded fibres, rouud and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound ; Some to the passing wind at times, with... | |
 | Robert Southey - Počet stránok 720
...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...way, Fixing their bearded fibres, round and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound ; Some to the passing wind at times, with sway Of gentle... | |
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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 propt its lofty head; And... 
