 | India - 1854 - 786 pages
...Heber1 says, "Round the frieze is the motto recorded, I believe, in ' I. 501. Lull* Bookh :— " ' If there be an Elysium on earth It is this, it is this ! ' " 9 Franklin, ut lupra, •','•". * i. sea. 4 Von Orllch. Traveli In India 9 Franklin, ut •upra,... | |
 | 1854 - 496 pages
...in Persian characters, is the inscription well known as paraphrased in Lalla Rookh, in the lines, ' If there be an Elysium on earth, it is this, it is this !' This building, like the remainder of the palace, is much dilapidated, and it is a pitiable sight... | |
 | Michael Rafter - 1855 - 486 pages
...gardens, and park-like pleasure-grounds, I felt inclined to repeat the well-known Persian couplet : Oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this ! It is this ! Sol, in Homeric phrase, had now sunk into the arms of expecting Thetis, but the atmosphere was excessively... | |
 | Q. K. Philander Doesticks - American wit and humor - 1855 - 336 pages
...well content are we now with our City, that we feel, as the Hibernian poet so beautifully says : " 0, if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this — it is this." Orders for iny Balsam, accompanied ly the money , will be immediately attended to ; otherwise not,... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - Women - 1855 - 428 pages
...123 diversity of aspects, and the spectator concurred eagerly in the inscription on the frieze — " If there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this ! " Such was the structure in which the potent Akhbar Jvlum immured his five thousand wives, selected... | |
 | Q. K. Philander Doesticks - 1855 - 344 pages
...well content are we now with our City, that we feel, as the Hibernian poet so beautifully says : "O, if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this— it is this." Orders for my Balsam, accompanied Tyy the money, will be immediately attended to ; otherwise not, for... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 830 pages
...shining comes on. And the love that is o'er, in expiring, gives birth To a new one as warm, as unequall'd in bliss ; And, oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is i hi.-..' • Teflis is celebrated for its natural warm baths. — See Ebn Baukal. t " The Indian Syrinda,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish poetry - 1856 - 424 pages
...shining comes on. And the love that is o'er, in expiring, gives birth To a new one as warm, as unequall'd in bliss ; And, oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, ic is this.J * Teflis is celebrated for its natural warm baths. — See Elm Ilaukal. t " The Indian... | |
 | David Oliver Allen - India - 1856 - 646 pages
...most elaborate Persian character. Round the frieze is the motto, recorded, I believe, in Lalla Rookh, 'If there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this.' The marble floor, where not covered by carpets, is all inlaid in the same beautiful manner, with the... | |
 | DAVID O.. ALLEN, D. D. - 1856 - 636 pages
...elaborate Persian character. Bound the frieze is the motto, recorded, I believe, in Lalla Rookh, * If there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this/ The marble floor, where not covered by carpets, is all inlaid in the same beautiful manner, with the... | |
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