 ... tomb— a garden planted with flowers and fragrant shrubs, emblems of life, and solemn cypresses, emblems of death and eternity. In Mogul days such a garden was maintained as a pleasure ground during the owner's lifetime, and used for his interment...  East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan - Page 148by Frederic Courtland Penfield - 1907 - 349 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Edwin Arnold - English literature - 1888 - 262 pages
...stones) So that this place of death is made a bower With beauteous grace of blossoms over-spread ; 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 sand-stone... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1907 - 522 pages
...precious stones and tracery such as none but an oriental designer could create. "And she who loved a garden lieth now Lapped in a garden — And all this for love." Unremitting, single-eyed, Jehan scoured the world for master craftsman and material. The mosaics came... | |
 | 1906 - 944 pages
...during the owner's lifetime, and used for his interment when dead. " And she who loved her garden, licth now Lapped in a garden. And all this for Love! " The...Asiatic Turkey, and the mosaic artists from Persia. Every section of India and Central Asia was drawn upon for materials. The marble, spotless in purity,... | |
 | Frederic Courtland Penfield - Asia - 1907 - 382 pages
...charms of this splendid niece of Nur-Mahal, who likewise had been famed for beauty and charity. Shall Jahan ruled from 1628 to 1658, and had been on the...Northern India and Bagdad, the dome builders from Asiatic TurThe World's Most Exquisite Building key, and the mosaic artists from Persia and probably Italy.... | |
 | Daniel Edward Lorenz - East Asia - 1925 - 576 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!" "The marble, spotless in purity, which makes up the building material, was brought from Jaipur, 1 50 miles... | |
 | 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 1" "The marble, spotless in purity, which makes up the building material, was brought from Jaipur,... | |
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