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
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 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...that sacred gloom, Glows the geranium's scarlet bloom ;l And winds our path through many a bower Of fragrant tree and giant flower — The ceiba's crimson... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...spreads its haunted shade ; Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Kit warder in the gate of Death. $ ;t And winds our path through many a bower Of fragrant tree and giant ilower — The ceiba's crimson... | |
| Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - India - 1844 - 336 pages
...us now Beneath the bamboo's arched bough, Where, gemming oft that sacred gloom, Glows the geraninm's scarlet bloom,* And winds our path through many a...giant flower ; The ceiba's crimson pomp display'd Ļ O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade, , And dusk anana's prickly blade ; J While o'er the brake,... | |
| Reginald Heber - India - 1844 - 332 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...bough, Where, gemming oft that sacred gloom. Glows the geraninm's scarlet bloom,* And winds our path through many a bower Of fragrant tree and giant flower;... | |
| American literature - 1850 - 602 pages
...scenes filled the heart of Heber with a glorious comprehension of the beautiful, while wandering " beneath the bamboo's arched bough"— " Where gemming...sacred gloom Glows the geranium's scarlet bloom ; And w-nds our path thro' many a bower Of fragrant tree and crimson flower. The Ceiba's gaudy pomp displayed... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...heartshaped, on long slender footstalks, which causes them to tremble like those of the aspen tree. Come on ! yet pause ! behold us now Beneath the bamboo's...Of fragrant tree and giant flower : — The ceiba's 2 crimson pomp display'd O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade, And dusk anana's prickly blade ;... | |
| George Crabbe - 1845 - 558 pages
...spreads its haunted shade, Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Pit warder in the gate of death! ~'ome on! yet pause! behold us now Beneath the bamboo's arched bough, Where gemming oft that sacred gloom, lows the geranium's scarlet bloom, And winds our path through many a bower Df fragrant tree and giant... | |
| Mary Milner - 1848 - 808 pages
...shade ; Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder at the gate of Death. Come on ! yet pause 1 Behold us now Beneath the bamboo's arched bough, Where,...display'd O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade ; While o'er the brake, so wild and fair, The betel waves his crest in air; With pendent train and... | |
| Reginald Heber - Bishops - 1846 - 328 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...bloom,* And winds our path through many a bower Of fragrant-tree and giant flower ; The ceiba's crimson pomp display'dj O'er the broad plantain's humbler... | |
| Robert Rouiere Pearce - Great Britain - 1846 - 480 pages
...spreads its haunted shade ; Or round a tomb his seales to 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 saered gloom, Glows the geranium's searlet bloom ; And winds our path through many a bower Of fragrant... | |
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