The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, 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... A Description of Ceylon, Containing an Account of the Country, Inhabitants ... - Page 364by James Cordiner - 1807Full view - About this book
| 1854 - 672 pages
...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...tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through the thickest shade. "WE DO NOT KNOW WHO WILL DIE THIS HALF-YEAR." " Now, cousin Anna, we must make... | |
| John Milton - Bible - 1849 - 296 pages
...ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade 1I08 High overarch'd, and echoing walks between ; There...cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut thro' thickest shade. Those leaves They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe, 1111 And with what skill... | |
| John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...tree, a pillar'd shade 1105 High overarch'd, and echoing walks between . There oft the Indian herdsmen, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing...herds At loopholes cut through thickest shade : Those leavefc They gather'd, broad as Amazonian targe ; 1110 And, with what skill they had, together sew'd,... | |
| 1863
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree; a pillar'd shade, High over-arched, and echoing walks between. There oft the Indian herdsman,...pasturing herds At loopholes cut through thickest shade." These lines of Milton are by no means overdrawn, as the banyantree with its many trunks forms the most... | |
| Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High overarched, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman,...loop-holes cut through thickest shade. Those leaves They gathered, broad as Amazonian targe, And with what skill they had together sewed, To gird their waist... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Criticism - 1984 - 860 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree, a pillar' d shade High over-arched, and ECHOiNG WALKS BETWEEN : There oft the Indian Herdsman...Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop holes cut through thickest shade. MILTON, PL 9, 1100.i This is creation rather than painting,... | |
| Elizabeth Sauer - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 230 pages
...bended Twigs take root, and Daughters grow About the Mother Tree, a Pillar 'd shade High overarch't, and echoing Walks between; There oft the Indian Herdsman...Loopholes cut through thickest shade: Those Leaves They gather 'd, broad as Amazonian Targe, And with what skill they had, together sew'd, To gird thir waist,... | |
| Thomas W. Krise - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 372 pages
...Fig-tree, not that kind renowned for fruit, But such as at this day to Indians known, In Malabar and Decan spreads her arms; Branching so broad and long,...pasturing herds At Loop-holes cut through thickest shade. What year the Spaniards first discovered Barbadoes is not certainly known; this however is certain,... | |
| Karen L. Edwards - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 284 pages
...bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High overarched, and echoing walks between; There oft the Indian herdsman...loop-holes cut through thickest shade: those leaves They gathered, broad as Amazonian targe, And with what skill they had, together sewed, To gird their waist,... | |
| James Grainger - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 354 pages
...Fig-tree, not that kind renown'd for fruit, "But such as at this day to Indians known, "In Malabar and Decan spreads her arms; "Branching so broad and long,...herds "At Loop-holes cut through thickest shade." — What year the Spaniards first discovered Barbadoes is not certainly known; this however is certain,... | |
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