| William Angus Knight - 1879 - 280 Seiten
...nursery. I like Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" 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, Dowu to a sunless sea "— has a most fascinating melody. I don't... | |
| Mary Rosa Stuart Kettle - 1880 - 426 Seiten
...cheering the tired youth, all the way back to the Friary. THE INDIAN CASTLE. " In Xanadu did Knbla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree, Where Alph, the...ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here... | |
| Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1880 - 512 Seiten
...originally, as it were, given to him, Atf/Hop aSiov How: but the to-morrow is yet to come. lSi6. IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree...caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So tvtice five miles of fertile ground Wim walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 2002 - 92 Seiten
...più triste e più saggio si levò il mattino dopo. KUBLA KHAN Or, A Vision in a Dream A FRAGMENT In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man 5 Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With... | |
| David G. Schwartz - 2003 - 260 Seiten
...intellectual attempt to understand casinos and is a comprehensive source for information about gambling. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree:...many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests as ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. . . . Kubla Khan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge,... | |
| Francis Moraes, Debra Kita - 2003 - 146 Seiten
...most famous opium dream that ever occurred, depicted in his classic poem Kubla Khan. Kubla Khan In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree:...ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here... | |
| Brian Herbert - 2003 - 600 Seiten
...quoted the first paragraph, closing her eyes as she did so, and raising her voice dramatically: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree:...ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree, And here... | |
| Jim Denney, James D. Denney - 2003 - 252 Seiten
...mind. He went to his desk and immediately began writing down what had come to him in the dream: 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... . By Coleridge's account, he had only written... | |
| M. J. Abadie, Marie-Jeanne Abadie - 2003 - 234 Seiten
...set to writing down. The opening lines of this poem— one of the most famous of all time— are: 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. Unfortunately for posterity, after writing... | |
| Richard J. Davidson, Klaus R. Scherer, H. Hill Goldsmith - 2002 - 1250 Seiten
...preoccupations and imagery, written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in 1797 (Raine, 1957, pp. 87-89): 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. Coleridge later explained how the poem was... | |
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