 But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks...  The Oriental Voyager: Or, Descriptive Sketches and Cursory Remarks, on a ... - Side 306av James Johnson - 1807 - 388 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1832 - 406 sider
...twigs take root; and daughters grow About the mother tree ; a pillared shade, Higli over-arched, with echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool ; tad tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." Some specimens of the Indian... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 sider
...and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree — a pillar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks...cool, and tends his pasturing herds, At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." Could the minds that conceived and the hands that wrought this prodigy of... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 sider
...that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar's shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. Those leaves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe; And, with what skill... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 sider
...that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree — a piilar'd shade, High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...cool, and tends his pasturing herds, At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." Could the minds that conceived and the hands that wrought this prodigy of... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1833 - 398 sider
...ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree, a pillar'd shade, Hiph overarch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft...cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loopholes cut through thickest shade : those leaves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe." BF.TULlNE.iE. The northern... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1833 - 260 sider
...twigs take root ; and daughters grow About the mother-tree ; a pillared shade, High over-arched, with echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman,...cool ; and tends his pasturing herds At loopholes cut through thickest shade.' * My young friends will, I am sure, permit me to make allusion to a little... | |
 | James Forbes - 1834 - 586 sider
...fruit renown'd, But such, and at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Deccan, spreads her arras, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The...cool, and tends his pasturing herds, At loop-holes cut through thickest shade." The areca, or betel-nut tree, (the areca catechu, Linn.) is one of the most... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 sider
...long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow 1105 About the mother-tree , a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks...cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade: those leaves 11 10 They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe; And, with what... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1834 - 436 sider
...twigs take root ; and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, with echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman,...cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade. Modern travellers speak of an Indian tree like this, (the only tree of the... | |
 | Jefferys TAYLOR - 1835 - 324 sider
...downward twigs take root, and daughters growAbout the mother tree, a pillared shade, High over-arched, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman,...cool, and tends his pasturing herds, At loop-holes cut through thickest shade."* Our conversation on these subjects dropped for that evening ; and it was... | |
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