Poetical Sketches of the Interior of the Island of Ceylon, Part 1Swarna Hansa Foundation, 1987 - Sri Lanka |
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... scenes my thoughts did backward flee ; And brighter visions my dark mind did streak With light of other days ... scene , Which for a while charmed even thy bosom's pain , By mountain - sides , in vallies soft and green , And by ...
... scenes my thoughts did backward flee ; And brighter visions my dark mind did streak With light of other days ... scene , Which for a while charmed even thy bosom's pain , By mountain - sides , in vallies soft and green , And by ...
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... Scene That long white silvery cloud that fills the vale Hath reached not yet the brow of either hill ; The solitary cricket to the shrill Continuous insect cry gives place ; the tale Of one bird's moaning not , as to bewail The silence ...
... Scene That long white silvery cloud that fills the vale Hath reached not yet the brow of either hill ; The solitary cricket to the shrill Continuous insect cry gives place ; the tale Of one bird's moaning not , as to bewail The silence ...
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... scene : That little sparkling river runs between Its winding tree - clad banks , and well may feast the heart that leans on Nature's breast The eye , - As a fond child upon its mother . Green The vale's soft elevations , and serene And ...
... scene : That little sparkling river runs between Its winding tree - clad banks , and well may feast the heart that leans on Nature's breast The eye , - As a fond child upon its mother . Green The vale's soft elevations , and serene And ...
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Adam's Peak amid ancient banks Barnsley Barusley beautiful Behold beneath Black Forest blest bold bosom bright Buddha Candian Cicada clouds Colombo Country dark deep delight descend doth Elephant fancy feet flower gentle gloomy Greek Anthologies green guam Hansa Development Communication hath head heart hill insect Interior Island of Ceylon jungle and forest lature light lofty lone loud Macdowal Major Davie Megasthenes melancholy mind mountain heights Mountain Pass natives night Nuwera Ellia o'er painful pass Peacock mountain Pedro tallagalla plain POETICAL SKETCHES pride rain Rambodde ravine repose rest Rhododendrons rills river rock rude scarce scene scenery seabird seen Siddharte side sight silent Singhalese sleep soft solitude sooth sorrow soul spirit spot stood stream Sumatra Swarna Hansa Development Swarna Hansa Foundation sweet sword Talipot Tree tall Taprobane thee thought torrents Trincomalee vale valley vast waterfalls waters wild winding wing woods wound