Poetical Sketches of the Interior of the Island of Ceylon, Part 1Swarna Hansa Foundation, 1987 - Sri Lanka |
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... Rain Is falling , and the dark jungly chain Of hills and forests that around it slope Dark as the mind without the light of hope , Which no created spirit can sustain – - Flings shadows o'er the spirits : the vexed mind Is fretted ...
... Rain Is falling , and the dark jungly chain Of hills and forests that around it slope Dark as the mind without the light of hope , Which no created spirit can sustain – - Flings shadows o'er the spirits : the vexed mind Is fretted ...
Page iv
... rain - the stone being apparently soft and porous . V. " The Talipot tree was of frequent occurrence , and we saw one This noble palm has been the subject of a specimen of it in blossom . good deal of fabulous story . It has been called ...
... rain - the stone being apparently soft and porous . V. " The Talipot tree was of frequent occurrence , and we saw one This noble palm has been the subject of a specimen of it in blossom . good deal of fabulous story . It has been called ...
Page ix
... rain had poured incessant torrents ; and the army were in full retreat , on the faith of a convention made with the treacherous natives . When they arrived on the banks of the Malivaganga , when the rains had swollen to a great height ...
... rain had poured incessant torrents ; and the army were in full retreat , on the faith of a convention made with the treacherous natives . When they arrived on the banks of the Malivaganga , when the rains had swollen to a great height ...
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