 | George Washington Chasseaud - 1855 - 452 pages
...WARFARE. Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine: Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute : "1'is the clime of the East, 'tis the land of the sun. BYRON. Anti-Libanus, or that portion of the... | |
 | John Clark Ferguson - 1856 - 90 pages
...shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Qul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest...Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, I In colour though varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of Ocean is deepest in dye; Where the... | |
 | Robert Anderson Wilson - 1856 - 436 pages
...Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gull in their bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute." But the poet would have given them a still more luxuriant coloring had he ever ascended the table-land... | |
 | Robert Anderson Wilson - 1856 - 440 pages
...Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gull in their bloom ; W'here the citron and olive are fairest of...fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute." But the poet would have given them a still more luxuriant coloring had he ever ascended the table-land... | |
 | Theodora Elizabeth Lynch - 1856 - 336 pages
...silvery fountains and sparkling cascades, of our West India Islands ; " Where the citron and orange are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all save the spirit of man is divine !" Although Pliny... | |
 | Theodora Elizabeth Lynch - 1856 - 332 pages
...silvery fountains and sparkling cascades, of our West India Islands ; " Where the citron and orange are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all save the spirit of man is divine !" Although Pliny... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...the light wings of Zephyr, oppress'd with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her hloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And...tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, , In color though varied, in heauty may vic, And the purple of ocean is deepest in dic ; Where the virgins... | |
 | Theodore Clapp - 1857 - 446 pages
...of Zephyr, oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom ? Where the orange and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the...the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In color though varied, in beauty may vie ? " CHAPTER V. BIT PIRST SERMON IN NEW ORLEANS. — EXTEMPORANEOUS... | |
 | Theodore Clapp - 1857 - 470 pages
...oppressed with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gul in her bloom ? Where the orange and olive arc fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale...the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In color though varied, in beauty may vie ? " CHAPTER V. JIT FIRST SERMON IN NEW ORLEANS. — EXTEMPORANEOUS... | |
 | Henry Hegart Breen - 1857 - 342 pages
...shine ; Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress' d with perfume, Wax faint o'er the gardens of Gull in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest...fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ?" This seems to have been adopted from a wild air sung by Mignon in Goethe's " Wilhelm Meister," the... | |
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Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute, Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In color though varied, in beauty may vie... 
