 | Emma Roberts - India - 1825 - 356 pages
...feature to the scene. It is well known that the line, quoted by Mr. Moore, in Lalla Rookh, — Oil ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is thist — is to be found in the audience-chamber of the King of Delhi; and though the glory of the... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 310 pages
...die! One hour of a passion so sacred is worth Whole ages of heartless and wandering bliss : And oh 1 if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is thia. * For an account of tt;e share which wine had in the fall of " ie angels. r. Mdriti, FLY TO THE... | |
 | William Child Green - 1826 - 606 pages
...M wish the odour our goblet gircg forth. What spirit the sweets of his Eden would miss .' For Oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this— it is thu !" but they were soon to experience the conviction that there is no Elysium for those who have... | |
 | Asia - 1827 - 864 pages
...translator has pointed out a passage from the author of Latta Rookk which is exactly parallel : And, oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this ! it is this ! Is the coincidence accidental or otherwise ? The Mirza visited the theatre, and describes a play... | |
 | Reginald Heber - Bishops - 1828 - 600 pages
...elaborate Persian character. Round the frieze is the motto, recorded, I believe, in Lalla Rookh, " If there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this!" The marble floor, where not covered by carpets, is all inlaid in the same beautiful manner with the little... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1829 - 456 pages
...the kiss and the smile must be word), When the sigh and the tear are so perfect in blif«; And own, if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this. Here sparkles the nectar that, hallow* d hy love. Could draw down those angelí» of old from theirspherc,... | |
 | Asia - 1827 - 822 pages
...translator has pointed out a passage from the author of Latin Rookh which is exactly parallel : And, oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this ! it is this ! Is the coincidence accidental or otherwise ? The Mirza visited the theatre, and describes a play... | |
 | Leonard Crocker Bowles - Bishops - 1831 - 372 pages
...flowers, and inscriptions in the most elaborate Persian character. Round the frieze is the motto, ' If there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this.' The marble floor, where not covered by carpets, is all inlaid in the same beautiful manner with the little... | |
 | 1831 - 412 pages
...Khas of Delhi on whose fretted comios it is boastfully written in Persian characters of molten gold. " If there be an elysium on earth, " It is this, it is this, it is this !" My new friend was also ready to pourtray " the human face divine" whenever required and... | |
 | Robert Elliot - 1833 - 356 pages
...celebrated and very beautiful chamber, wherein Persian characters inscribed on the friese, declare, " That if there be an Elysium on earth, it is this, it is this," has a desolate and uncleanly appearance ; the birds defile it with impunity ; ragged curtains are hanging... | |
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For, oh, if there be an elysium on earth, It is this, it is this ! There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are link'd in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love... 
