 In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred River, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.  Temple Bar - Page 528edited by - 1886Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1828 - 374 pages
...originally, as it were, given to him. Sotftepov aSiov otaw : but the to-morrow is yet to come. KUBLA KHAN. IN Xanadu did KUBLA KHAN A stately pleasure -dome decree: Where ALPH, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1874 - 540 pages
...mew."* • The city of Shangtu is referred to by Coleridge in his ' Dream of Kublai's Paradise ' : — "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran, By caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground "With walls... | |
 | George Combe - 1839 - 422 pages
...to rehearse his speeches during sleep. Coleridge in sleep composed the brilliant poem commencing " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan, A stately pleasure dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man. Down to a sunless sea." most unfortunate aberrations, all arise,... | |
 | George Combe - 1839 - 410 pages
...speeches daring sleep. Coleridge in deep composed the brilliant poem commencing " In Xanadu did Knbla Khan, A stately pleasure dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea." I know a gentleman in whom Benevolence,... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1845 - 502 pages
...which he afterward committed to writing. The poem is entitled Kubla Khan, and begins as follows : " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea." It is evident from such statements as these,... | |
 | John Sheppard - 1847 - 218 pages
...should be both recited and heard in sleep, in order to be fully appreciated. "In Xanadu did Kul.la Khan A stately pleasure dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1857 - 474 pages
...which he afterward committed to writing. The poem is enti lied Kubla Khan, and begins as follows : " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure- dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea." It is evident, from such statements as these,... | |
 | Metta Victoria Fuller Victor - 1859 - 314 pages
...unequalled. He said yes, it was the original of that wonderful thing by Coleridge : " In Xanadu did Kubleh Khan A stately pleasure dome decree, Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through bridges measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea." I smiled, and said, " Oh, yes, that Coal-ridge... | |
 | Alexander Henley Grant - 1865 - 414 pages
...what had been originally, as it were, given to him. aStov a<Tw ; but the to-morrow is yet to come. ' In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With... | |
 | Alexander Henley Grant - 1865 - 414 pages
...been originally, as it were, given to him. AV/JIOV a'Siov aati) ; but the to-morrow is yet to come. ' In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With... | |
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