 Mid Nature's embers, parched and dry, Where o'er some tower in ruin laid, The peepul spreads its haunted shade ; Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death ! Come on ! Yet pause! behold us now Beneath the bamboo's arched bough...  The Poetical Works of Reginald Heber - Page 292by Reginald Heber - 1853 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Robinson - Missionaries - 1830 - 394 pages
...spreads its haunted shade ; G Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of Death! Come on ! yet pause ! behold us now Beneath the bamboo's...fragrant tree and giant flower ; The ceiba's crimson pomp displayed O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade And dusk anana's prickly blade ; While o'er the brake,... | |
 | Reginald Heber - Church year - 1830 - 210 pages
...spreads it ; haunted shade, Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death. Come on — yet pause : behold us now Beneath the...fragrant tree and giant flower ; The ceiba's crimson pomp displayed O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade, And dusk anana's prickly blade; While o'er the brake,... | |
 | Reginald Heber - Church year - 1830 - 204 pages
...spreads its haunted shade, Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death. Come on — yet pause : behold us now Beneath the...fragrant tree and giant flower ; The ceiba's crimson pomp displayed O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade, And cl iir.li anana's prickly blade ; While o'er... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...spreads its haunted shade, Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death ! Come on ! Yet pause ! behold us now Beneath the bamboo's...our path through many a bower, Of fragrant tree and crimson flower ; The ceiba's crimson pomp display'd O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade, And dusk... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1830 - 204 pages
...spreads it . haunted shade, Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death, Come on — yet pause : behold us now Beneath the bamboo's arched bough, Where gemming olt that sacred gloom, Glows the geranium's scarlet bloom, And winds our path through many a bower... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 200 pages
...spreads its haunted shade, Or round a lotnb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death. Come on — yet pause : behold us now Beneath the bamboo's arched bough, Where gemming olt that sacred gloom, Glows the geranium's scarlet bloom, And winds our path through many a bower... | |
 | Thomas Robinson - Missions, British - 1831 - 298 pages
...wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death ! Come on ! yet pause ! behold us now Beneath the bamboo,s arched bough, Where, gemming oft that sacred gloom,...many a bower Of fragrant tree and giant flower ; The ceiba,s crimson pomp displayed \ O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade > And dusk anana,s prickly... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1831 - 510 pages
...its haunted shade, Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death ! Come onl yet pause! behold us now Beneath the bamboo's arched...sacred gloom, Glows the geranium's scarlet bloom, Arnd winds our path through many a bower Of fragrant tree and giant flower ; The ceiba's crimson pomp... | |
 | John Statham - India - 1832 - 570 pages
...the real luxuries of India are cold water and cold air, when they can be procured." CHAPTER XXI. " Come on — yet pause — behold us now Beneath the...ceiba's crimson pomp display'd O'er the broad plantain's humble shade, And dusk anana's prickly blade ; While o'er the brake, so wild and fair, The betel waves... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 526 pages
...its haunted shade, Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death! Come onl yet pause! behold us now Beneath the bamboo's arched...many a bower Of fragrant tree and giant flower ; The cciba's crimson pomp displayed O'er the broad plaintain'e humbler shade, And dusk anana's prickly blade... | |
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