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" Of ruin'd shrines, busy and bright As they were all alive with light,— And yet more splendid, numerous flocks Of pigeons, settling on the rocks, With their rich restless wings, that gleam Variously in the crimson beam Of the warm west, — as if inlaid... "
Annual Register - Page 570
edited by - 1819
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The Port Folio

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 560 pages
...sounds that come, Of shepherds' ancient reed(5), with bum Of the wild bees of Palestine, Banquettitig through the flowery vales;— And Jordan, those sweet...nightingales! But nought can charm the luckless Peri; Her soul n sad— her wings are weary— Joyleu she- sees the sun Took down On that great Temple, once hie own...
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Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore - Irish poetry - 1817 - 374 pages
...such as span The unclouded skies of PKRISTAN! And then, the mingling sounds that come, Of shepherds' ancient reed,* with hum Of the wild bees of PALESTINE,...But nought can charm the luckless PERI; Her soul is sad—her wings are wearyJoyless she sees the sun look down On that great Temple, once his own,f W...
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Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore - Bactria - 1817 - 416 pages
...by Vincentius Fabricius, by Darwin, and lately, with very powerful effect, by Mr. Wilson. Page 153. And, Jordan, those sweet banks of thine, And woods, so full of nightingales. " The river Jordan is on both sides beset with little, thick, and pleasant woods, among which thousands...
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Lalla Rookh

Thomas Moore - 1818 - 422 pages
...west, — as if inlaid With brilliants from the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The' unclouded skies of PERISTAN ! And then, the mingling...sounds that come, Of shepherd's ancient reed \ with hum 4 " The number of lizards I saw one day in the great court of the Temple of the Sun at Baalbec, amounted...
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The works of Thomas Moore, comprehending all his melodies, ballads ..., Volume 1

Thomas Moore - 1823 - 428 pages
...west — as if inlaid With brilliants from the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The unclouded skies of PERISTAN ! And then, the mingling...banks of thine, And woods, so full of nightingales ! Rut nought can charm the luckless PERI ; Tier soul is sad — her wings are weary — Joyless she...
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The Works of Thomas Moore: Lalla Rookh

Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...west — as if inlaid With brilliants from the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The unclouded skies of PERISTAN ! And then, the mingling...flowery vales ; — And, JORDAN, those sweet banks of thme, And woods, so full of nightingales ! Eut nought can charm the luckless PERI ; Her soul is sad...
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...brilliants from the mine, Of made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The unclouded skies of PEaisiAN ! And then the mingling sounds that come, Of shepherd's...of nightingales ! But nought can charm the luckless PEHI ; Her soul is sad — her wings are weary — Joyless she sees the sun look down On that great...
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The Classical Journal, Volume 30

Classical philology - 1824 - 456 pages
...Audio Raucos tumultus, mistaque virginum Matrumque lamenta, et ruentum Per plateas fremitus virorum : And then the mingling sounds that come Of shepherd's...banks of thine, And woods so full of nightingales." T. MOORE. Lalla Ropkh. ' Satis notum est, Orientales in domorum culminibus dormire et spatiari solere....
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The Spirit of the Age Or Contemporary Portraits

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 424 pages
...west, — as if inlaid With brilliants from the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The' unclouded skies of Peristan ! And then, the mingling...banks of thine, And woods, so full of nightingales !" The following lines are the very perfection of Delia Cruscan sentiment, and affected orientalism...
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The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits

William Hazlitt - English literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...west, — as if inlaid With brilliants from the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The' unclouded skies of Peristan ! And then, the mingling...ancient reed, with hum Of the wild bees of Palestine, JBanquetting through the flowery vales ; — And, Jordan, those sweet banks of thine, And woods, so...
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