 ... blood-stone, golden-stone, Carnelian, jade, crystal, and chalcedony, Turkis, and agate ; and the berries and fruits Heightened with coral-points and nacre-lights (One single spray set here with five-score stones) So that this place of death is made...  East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan - Page 172by Frederic Courtland Penfield - 1907 - 349 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Edwin Arnold - English literature - 1888 - 232 pages
...five-score stones) So that this place of death is made a bower With beauteous grace of blossoms overspread ; And she who loved her garden, lieth now Lapped in a garden. And all this for Love ! The marbles were Mukrani — Jeypore's best — Brought seventy koss in creaking cattle-wains ; The sandstone... | |
 | Sir Edwin Arnold - 1889 - 1062 pages
...five-score stones) So that this place of death is made a bower With beauteous grace of blossoms overspread ; And she who loved her garden, lieth now Lapped in a garden. And all this for Love ! The marbles were Mukraui — Jeypore's best — Brought seventy koss in creaking cattle-wains ; The sandstone... | |
 | William Sproston Caine - Description and Travel - 1891 - 688 pages
...stones"1 fSo that this place of death is made a bower With beauteous grace of blossoms overspread ; And she who loved her garden, lieth now Lapped in a garden. And all this for Love 1 A visit to the mausoleum of Prince Itmad-ud-Daulat provides a pleasant morning's drive across the... | |
 | Methodism - 1892 - 702 pages
...Arjamand ! So that this place of death is made a bower With beauteous grace of blossoms overspread ; And she who loved her garden, lieth now Lapped in a garden. And all this for Love 1 " 430 in low relief. The upper story, surrounded by four towers, is reached by a staircase; it consists... | |
 | 1906 - 944 pages
...Ustad Isa. In keeping with an old Tartar custom, a garden was chosen as the site of the tomb — a garden planted with flowers and fragrant shrubs, emblems...lieth now Lapped in a garden. And all this for Love! " H^t-lli^?-'^ ^^ 'fl^'ll^fl^Vi- The laborers came from many parts of the t. ..^...^ .«. .«..«.-.«..«.... | |
 | Frederic Courtland Penfield - Asia - 1907 - 382 pages
...named Ustad Isa. In keeping with an old Tartar custom, a garden was chosen as the site of the tomb— a garden planted with flowers and fragrant shrubs, emblems...Love ! " The laborers came from many parts of the world— the chief masons from Northern India and Bagdad, the dome builders from Asiatic Tur172 key,... | |
 | Daniel Edward Lorenz - East Asia - 1925 - 570 pages
...garden that was the favourite haunt in life was often chosen as the spot of interment. So in this case "And she who loved her garden lieth now Lapped in a garden; And all this for love!" from Ceylon; the coral and carnelian from Arabia; the onyx and amethyst from Persia, and the diamonds... | |
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