 | Carlos Augusto Montalto Jesus - Macao - 1902 - 496 pages
...Bowring, who subsequently became governor of Hongkong : Geu, of the orient earth and open sea, Macao I that in thy lap and on thy breast Hast gathered beauties all the loveliest, Which the sun smilea on in his majesty. The very elouds that top each mountain crest, Seem to repose... | |
 | James Dyer Ball - Macau - 1905 - 100 pages
...1'suoi vessigi Per lui del corso tue la funa agginogo Torgunto Tasso On the 4th Slab SONNET TO MACAO Gem of the orient earth and open sea Macao that in...lap and on thy breast Hast gathered beauties all the lovliest When the sun smiles in his majesty The very clouds that top each mountain crest Seem to repose... | |
 | Frederic Courtland Penfield - Asia - 1907 - 382 pages
...pen of a pilgrim to the Eastern shrine once hallowed by the presence of the bard of a nation : 281 Gem of the Orient earth and open sea Macao ! that...loveliest O'er which the sun smiles in his majesty i The very clouds that top the mountain crest Seem to repose there lingering lovingly. How full of... | |
 | Frederick Dumont Smith - East Asia - 1907 - 400 pages
...shelter of the Boa Vista at Macao did I really relish my meals. We will go there next. [150] 1 5 MACAO. " Gem of the Orient earth and open sea, Macao, that...thy breast Hast gathered beauties all the loveliest, Which the sun shines on in majesty. "The very clouds that top each mountain's crest Seem to repose... | |
 | T. Hodgson Liddell - China - 1909 - 402 pages
...true British fashion. CHAPTER III MACAO The Old Portuguese Settlement and sometime Home of Camoens. " Gem of the Orient, Earth and open Sea — Macao: that...loveliest O'er which the sun smiles in his majesty" — BOWRING. THE visitor to Hong Kong should not, if time allows, fail to visit Macao. The delightful... | |
 | T. Hodgson Liddell - China - 1910 - 412 pages
...true British fashion. CHAPTER III MACAO The Old Portuguese Settlement and sometime Home of Camoens. " Gem of the Orient, Earth and open Sea — Macao: that...gathered beauties all the loveliest O'er which the sun smiUs in his majesty." — BOWR1NG. THE visitor to Hong Kong should not, if time allows, fail to visit... | |
 | John Stuart Thomson - China - 1913 - 654 pages
...cosmopolitan world at the "Paris of the East", Shanghai Of Macao, the famous poet, Sir John Bowring, wrote: "Gem of the Orient earth and open sea, Macao ! that...thy breast Hast gathered beauties all the loveliest, Which the sun smiles on in his majesty. The very clouds that top each mountain crest, Seem to repose... | |
 | John Stuart Thomson - Architecture - 1913 - 666 pages
...Of Macao, the famous poet, Sir John Bowring, wrote: “Gem of t¿e Orient earth and open sea, Macaol that in thy lap and on thy breast Hast gathered beauties all the loveliest, Which the sun smiles on in his majesty. The very clouds that top each mountain crest, Seem to repose... | |
 | Sir Merton Russell-Cotes - Travelers - 1921 - 648 pages
...none of the British order, cleanliness or sanitation, although the poet Bowring spoke of it as the " Gem of the Orient, earth and open sea — Macao :...loveliest O'er which the sun smiles in his majesty." There is a regular system of passenger steamers between Hong Kong and Canton several times weekly.... | |
 | Vaudine England - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 448 pages
...much that ! never forgot them. If you remember 1 repeated them to you before we came to the Grotto: Gem of the orient [earth] and open sea, Macao! that...lap and on thy breast Hast gathered beauties all the loveliest.'22 This gives a fascinating hint of a young Noel first reading this poem in Macao during... | |
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Gem of the Orient Earth and open sea, Macao ! That in thy lap and on thy breast Hast gathered beauties all the loveliest... 
