 | Robert Southey - 1811 - 236 pages
...Mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves dispread : Others that, like the broad banana growing, Rais'd their long wrinkled leaves of purple hue, Like streamers...out-flowing. And whatsoe'er the depths of Ocean hide From human eyes, Ladurlad there espied, Trees of the deep, and shrubs and fruits and flowers, As fair... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1811 - 456 pages
...beautiful as mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves dispread: Others that, like the broad bauana growing1. Raised their long wrinkled leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide outflowing." " The golden fountains had not ceased to flow, And, where they mingled with the briny sea, There was... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...compacted, Their purple cups contracted, And now in open blossom spread, Stretched like green a*. there many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone...leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide outflowing, &c. The golden fountains had not ceased to flow, And, where they mingled with the briny sea, There... | |
 | Robert Southey - English literature - 1829 - 806 pages
...Mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves dispread : Others that, like the broad banana growing, Rais'd their long wrinkled leaves of purple hue, Like streamers...out-flowing. And whatsoe'er the depths of Ocean hide From human eyes, Ladurlad there espied, Trees of the deep, and shrubs and fruiu and flowers, As fair... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...Mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves dispread : Others that, like the broad bannana growing, Rais'd their long wrinkled leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide out-flowing. And whatsoe'r the depths of Ocean hide From human eyes, Ladurlad there espied, Trees of the deep, and shrubs... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...were there, And plants of fibres fine, as silkworm's thread; Yea, beautiful as Mermaid's golden hair Others that, like the broad banana growing, Raised...out-flowing. And whatsoe'er the depths of Ocean hide From human eyes, Ladurlad there espied, Trees of the deep, and shrubs and fruits and flowers, As fair... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1851 - 680 pages
...the very sea-weeds swarm with life. " Here too were living flowers, AVhich like a bud comparted Their purple cups contracted ; And now in open blossom spread,...wrinkled leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide o'erflowing." The summits of the rocks which guard the coast form the restingplace of thousands of... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1851 - 686 pages
...contracted ; And now in open blossom spread, Stretched like green anthers many a seeking head. And arhorets of jointed stone were there. And plants of fibres,...wrinkled leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide o'erflowing." The summits of the rocks which guard the coast form the restingplace of thousands of... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1851 - 682 pages
...green anthers many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants of fibres, tine as silkworm's thread, Yea, beautiful as mermaid's...wrinkled leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide o'erflowing." The summits of the rocks which guard the coast form the restingplace of thousands of... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - Marine animals - 1855 - 196 pages
...limbs in summer's sultry hours. Here, too, were living flowers, Which, like a bud compacted, Their purple cups contracted; And now in open blossom spread,...leaves of purple hue, Like streamers wide outflowing.' — Kehama, xvi. 5. " A hundred times you might fancy you saw the type, the very original of this description,... | |
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And now, in open blossom spread, Stretched like green anthers many a seeking head. And arborets of jointed stone were there, And plants of fibres fine as silkworm's thread; Yea, beautiful as Mermaid's golden hair Upon the waves dispread. Others that,... 
