 Bends to the breeze and now thy sands are prest With gentlest waves, which ever and anon Break their awakened furies on thy shore! Were these the scenes that poet looked upon; Whose lyre though known to fame knew misery more? They have their glories,...  East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan - Page 256by Frederic Courtland Penfield - 1907 - 349 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Asia - 1876 - 408 pages
...shore ! Were these the scenes that poet looked upon Whose lyre, though known to fame, knew misery morel "They have their glories, and Earth's diadems Have nought so bright as genius' gilded gems." After dinner we visit the church of Our Lady of Sorrows, situated on the top of a hill overlooking... | |
 | Julius Arnold - China - 1910 - 88 pages
...shore. Were these the scenes that poet looked upon, Whose lyre though known to Fame knew misery more ? They have their glories and earth's diadems. Have nought so bright as genius gilded gems. THE WEST ' RIVERTHE West River was opened to foreign trade on the 4th June, 1897, and the two important... | |
 | Geography - 1880 - 382 pages
...1 Where these the scenes that poet looked upon Whose lyre, though known to fame, knew misery more ? "They have their glories, and earth's diadems Have nought so bright as genius' gilded gems.'1 We continue our journey, and in another week cast anchor in Singapore harbor. Singapore, the... | |
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