 In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred River, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.  Letters We Never Sent - Seite 18von David Philip Reiter - 2000 - 146 SeitenEingeschränkte Leseprobe - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1828 - 374 Seiten
...originally, as it were, given to him. Sotftepov aSiov otaw : but the to-morrow is yet to come. KUBLA KHAN. IN Xanadu did KUBLA KHAN A stately pleasure -dome decree: Where ALPH, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1874 - 540 Seiten
...mew."* • The city of Shangtu is referred to by Coleridge in his ' Dream of Kublai's Paradise ' : — "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran, By caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground "With walls... | |
 | George Combe - 1839 - 422 Seiten
...to rehearse his speeches during sleep. Coleridge in sleep composed the brilliant poem commencing " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan, A stately pleasure dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man. Down to a sunless sea." most unfortunate aberrations, all arise,... | |
 | George Combe - 1839 - 410 Seiten
...speeches daring sleep. Coleridge in deep composed the brilliant poem commencing " In Xanadu did Knbla Khan, A stately pleasure dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea." I know a gentleman in whom Benevolence,... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1845 - 502 Seiten
...which he afterward committed to writing. The poem is entitled Kubla Khan, and begins as follows : " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea." It is evident from such statements as these,... | |
 | John Sheppard - 1847 - 218 Seiten
...should be both recited and heard in sleep, in order to be fully appreciated. "In Xanadu did Kul.la Khan A stately pleasure dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1857 - 474 Seiten
...which he afterward committed to writing. The poem is enti lied Kubla Khan, and begins as follows : " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure- dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea." It is evident, from such statements as these,... | |
 | Metta Victoria Fuller Victor - 1859 - 314 Seiten
...unequalled. He said yes, it was the original of that wonderful thing by Coleridge : " In Xanadu did Kubleh Khan A stately pleasure dome decree, Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through bridges measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea." I smiled, and said, " Oh, yes, that Coal-ridge... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1886 - 588 Seiten
...the water and under water, was a struggle for liberty, and that the death of both was accidental^ * In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree, 'Where Alph the sacred river ran. Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. •f In conversation with a Bavarian diplomatist... | |
 | Alexander Henley Grant - 1865 - 414 Seiten
...what had been originally, as it were, given to him. aStov a<Tw ; but the to-morrow is yet to come. ' In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree ; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man, Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With... | |
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