 Tis past mid-day. Exhausted by the heat, The peacock plunges in the scanty pool That feeds the tall tree's root ; the drowsy bee Sleeps in the hollow chamber of the lotus, Darkened with closing petals; on the brink Of the now tepid lake the wild duck...  His Marriage Vow - Pàgina 63per Caroline Fairfield Corbin - 1874 - 328 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1828 - 602 pàgines
...river in the rains.' This act closes with the following picturesque description of an Indian noon. ' 'Tis past mid-day : — exhausted by the heat, The...tepid lake, the wild duck lurks Amongst the sedgy shade ; and even here, The parrot from his wiry bower complains, And calls for water to allay his thirst.'... | |
 | 1835 - 494 pàgines
...with her majesty, and think a little of a famished Brahman. It is high time to bathe and eat. Pur. Tis past mid-day. Exhausted by the heat, The peacock...now tepid lake the wild duck lurks Amongst the sedgy shade ; and even here, The parrot from his wiry bower complains. And calls for water to allay his thirst.... | |
 | 1852 - 630 pàgines
...From Wilson's charming " Specimen* of the Hindu Theatre." " 'Tis past mid-day. Exhausted by the heal, The peacock plunges in the scanty pool, That feeds...tepid lake the wild duck lurks, Amongst the sedgy shade ; and even here,* The parrot from his wiry bower complains, And calls for water to allay his... | |
 | 1858 - 596 pàgines
...midnight, and " you almost hear the great heat-drops from nature's forehead fall," when, as he says— " The drowsy bee Sleeps in the hollow chamber of the lotus Darkened by closing petals." In the following he gives us a sketch of the quiet jungle:— " All undisturbed... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1867 - 398 pàgines
...for though he loves Urvasi, he acknowledges a respectful deference for his queen. At last he retires: "Tis past midday, exhausted by the heat, The peacock...of the lotus, Darkened with closing petals ; on the briuk Of the now tepid lake the wild duck lurks Amongst the sedgy shades ; and, even here, The parrot... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1867 - 394 pàgines
...loves Urvasi, he acknowledges a respectful deference for his queen. At last he retires : "f is post midday, exhausted by the heat, The peacock plunges...pool That feeds the tall tree's root : the drowsy bcc Sleeps in the hollow chamber of the lotus, Darkened with closing petals ; on the briuk Of the now... | |
 | Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - 1869 - 420 pàgines
...after a little talk, he says that " it is high time to bathe and eat," and the king assents, saying " 'Tis past mid-day. Exhausted by the heat, The peacock...now tepid lake the wild duck lurks Amongst the sedgy shade ; and even here The parrot from his wiry bower complains, And calls for water to allay his thirst."... | |
 | Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - 1869 - 398 pàgines
...after a little talk, he says that " it is high time to bathe and eat," and the king assents, saying " 'Tis past mid-day. Exhausted by the heat, The peacock...feeds the tall tree's root; the drowsy bee Sleeps iu the hollow chamber of the lotus, Darkened with closing petals; 0n the brink Of the now tepid lake... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1868 - 430 pàgines
...acknowledges a respectful deference for his queen. At last he retires: "Pis past midday, exhausted by tbe heat, The peacock plunges in the scanty pool That feeds the tall tree,s root : the drowsy bee Sleeps in the hollow chamber of the lotus, Darkened with closing petals... | |
 | Catherine Ann White - 1877 - 466 pàgines
...gloom, Full of fantastic change, like one new raised By fortune's fickle favors." A SULTRY NOON.» '"Tis past mid-day. Exhausted by the heat, The peacock...drowsy bee Sleeps in the hollow chamber of the lotus * From the " Hero and the Nymph." Darkened with closing petals ; on the brink Of the now tepid lake... | |
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