| 1868 - 624 Seiten
...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 Cogswell Upham - 1869 - 564 Seiten
...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 roan Down to a sunless sea." It is evident from such statements as these,... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 Seiten
...rising sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God. 303. KUBLA KHAN: OR, A VISION IN A DREAM. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleas,ure-dome decree...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 Seiten
...unable to finish the poem ; but what he wrote ere the charm was broken contains a world of beauty. " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree,...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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1889 - 574 Seiten
...best order/ as Coleridge called it — the delightfully melodious opening of ' 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 " — would be entitled to rank in the same... | |
| Alagiyavanna Mukaveṭi - 1871 - 280 Seiten
...pleasure dome decree, Where Alph, the sucrcdjriver, ran Through caverns measureless to man, Down_to a sunless sea ! So twice five miles of fertile ground. With walls and bowers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 Seiten
...their oars and say, Miserere Domine ! Coleridge. — Born 1772, Died 1834. 1509.— KUBLA KHAN. In $ ! <* x8 <; @*9 blossom'd many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as tho hills, Enfolding sunny... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 Seiten
...O h u J q" W O z M o J a g J 5 X h H p (J 2 0 h o 2 I H h p [fgigS|N Xanadu did Kubla Khan llO.Bll A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred...: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills i X Q < m m z ~ « Q u a £ < Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient... | |
| John Earle - 1873 - 736 Seiten
...nursery. I like Coleridge's Kubla Kban for its exquisite cadence. That whole passage beginning — " 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 " — has a most fascinating melody. I... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 Seiten
...Mediterranean waters. One is 'reminded of the paradise of that gorgeous dream of Coleridge : — " There were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And hero were forests ancient as the hills, Infolding sunny spots of greenery." It is not for the multitude... | |
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