I N 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 walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens... Christabel... - Page 69by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1905 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1868 - 600 pages
...the summer at Shangtu, some 50 miles north of the Wall, the Xanadu of Coleridge's poem : — ' Where twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round.' We know that Coleridge believed himself to have composed that brilliant little poem in a dream. And... | |
| 1868 - 624 pages
...the summer at Shangtn, some 50 miles north of the Wall, the Xanadu of Coleridge's poem :— 1 Where twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round.' We know that Coleridge believed himself to have composed that brilliant little poem in a dream. And... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...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...tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Infolding sunny spots of greenery. But O, that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1869 - 204 pages
...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...tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, _ Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. But oh ! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green... | |
| Howard Hopley - 1869 - 340 pages
...the water at the prow alone broke the stillness of the night. ( 253 ) CHAPTER XXV. THE BORDER LAND. "And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,...ancient as the hills Enfolding sunny spots of greenery." I HAVE spoken of this as the border land, for that it is almost within hail of the Cataract, where... | |
| 1918 - 740 pages
...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...tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills Infolding sunny spots of greenery." He felt his blood run more swiftly, and he drew a long breath as... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 pages
...stately pleas,ure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile...bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearirig tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Infolding sunny spots of greenery.... | |
| Gilderoy Wells Griffin - 1870 - 174 pages
...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 walls and towers were girded round, And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing... | |
| Marco Polo - 1871 - 624 pages
...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...as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery." It would be a singular coincidence in relation to this poem were Klaproth's reading correct of a passage... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...stately pleasure-dome decree Where Alph, the sacred river, ran, Through caverns measureless to man, a Y Infolding sunny spots of greenery. But 0 that deep romantic chasm, which slanted Down the green hill... | |
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