Of ruin'd shrines, busy and bright As they were all alive with light,— And yet more splendid, numerous flocks Of pigeons, settling on the rocks, With their rich restless wings, that gleam Variously in the crimson beam Of the warm west, — as if inlaid... The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore - Page 107by Thomas Moore - 1857 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...shrines, busy and bright As they were all alive with light ; — And, yet more splendid, numerous flocks Of pigeons, settling on the rocks, With their rich...ancient reed, with hum Of the wild bees of PALESTINE, Banquetting through the flowery vales ; — And, JORDAN, those sweet banks of thine, And woods, so... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1817 - 414 pages
...shrines, busy and bright As they were all alive with light ; — And, yet more splendid, numerous flocks Of pigeons, settling on the rocks, With their rich...the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The' unclouded skies of PERISTAN ! And then, the mingling sounds that come, Of shepherd's ancient reed... | |
| Thomas Moore - Irish poetry - 1817 - 374 pages
...which that country bas been always famous;—hence, Suristan, the Land of Roses. 130 Z.ALLA ROOKH. With their rich restless wings, that gleam Variously...the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The unclouded skies of PKRISTAN! And then, the mingling sounds that come, Of shepherds' ancient reed,*... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1818 - 1264 pages
...shrines, busy and bright As they were all alive with light ; — And, yet more splendid, numerous flocks Of pigeons, settling on the rocks, With their rich...tearless rainbows, such as span Th' unclouded skies of PEIUSTAN ! And then, the mingling sounds that come, Of shepherd's ancient reed, with hum Of the wild... | |
| History - 1818 - 798 pages
...shrines, busy and bright As they were all alive with light ; — And, yet more splendid, numerous flocks Of pigeons, settling on the rocks, With their rich...Variously in the crimson beam Of the warm west,— es if inlaid With brilliants from the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span Th' unclouded... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1818 - 422 pages
...west, — as if inlaid With brilliants from the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The' unclouded skies of PERISTAN ! And then, the mingling...sounds that come, Of shepherd's ancient reed \ with hum 4 " The number of lizards I saw one day in the great court of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbec, amounted... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 428 pages
...shrines, busy and bright As they were all alive with light ; — And, yet more splendid, numerous flocks Of pigeons, settling on the rocks, With their rich...the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The unclouded skies of PERISTAN ! And then, the mingling sounds that come, Of shepherd's ancient reed,*... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...shrines, busy and bright As they were all alive with light ; — And, yet more splendid, numerous flocks Of pigeons, settling on the rocks, With their rich...the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The unclouded skies of PERISTAN ! And then, the mingling sounds that come, Of shepherd's ancient reed,*... | |
| Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...shrines, busy and bright As they were all alive with light ; — And, yet more splendid, numerous flocks Of pigeons, settling on the rocks. With their rich...west, — as if inlaid With brilliants from the mine, Of made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The unclouded skies of PEaisiAN ! And then the mingling... | |
| Classical philology - 1824 - 456 pages
...Audio Raucos tumultus, mistaque virginum Matrumque lamenta, et ruentum Per plateas fremitus virorum : And then the mingling sounds that come Of shepherd's...ancient reed, with hum Of the wild bees of Palestine, Banquetting through the flowery vales, And, Jordan, those sweet banks of thine, And woods so full of... | |
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