The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd... Poems: Vol. I. - Page 155by Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1810 - 590 pages
...region of the coast. The facility with which this singular plant .reproduces itself is well known : The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High over arched, and echoing walks between. It requires very little cultivation. By two days of moderate... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar and Decan spreads her arms; Branching so broad and ure shuddering mother-tree, a pillar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman,... | |
| William Dealtry - 1811 - 422 pages
...Such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar, or Decan, spreads her arms ; Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root,...grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd ; • , the Society of London has sent its shoots in every direction, which have themselves... | |
| John Dryden - 1811 - 564 pages
...Such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar and Docan fprcads her arms Branching fo broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root,...and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd (hade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdfman, jhimning heat. Shelters... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...such as at this day. to Indians known, In Malabar or Deean spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow 1 10"5 About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 pages
...botanists), to become convert«!, in course of time, into auxiliary stems, — " Branching 9J long and broad, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade, High over-arched, and echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...heels of Jonson here : " The fig tree that In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root,...grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between." Par. Lost. is. 1100. Poet. None, I assure you, neither do... | |
| John Milton - 1817 - 214 pages
...such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root,...grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in... | |
| England - 1830 - 1024 pages
...figurative words of Milton have been magnificently fulfilled:— " Her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root,...grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There oft the Ettrick Shepherd,* shunning heat, Shelters in... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Aesthetics - 1817 - 326 pages
...such as at this day to Indian* known " In Malabar or Decan, spreads her arms " Branching so broad and long, that in the ground " The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow " About the mother-tree, a pillar' d shade " High ever-arched, and ECHOING WALKS BETWEEN; " There oft the Indian... | |
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