 | Mayne Reid - 1920 - 254 pages
...mythology as the • sacred banyan." " It was a goodly sight to sen Straight like a plummet grew toward* the ground. Some on the lower boughs which crost their way, Fixing their bearded fibres, rouud and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound ; Some to the passing wind at times, with... | |
 | 1852 - 396 pages
...these far-famed trees :— " O'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propp'd its lofty head; And many a long depending shoot, Seeking...towards the ground. Some on the lower boughs, which cross'd their way, Fixing their bearded fibres round and round With many a ring and wild contortion... | |
 | Alan Walters - Sri Lanka - 1997 - 336 pages
...to see That venerable tree, For o'er the lawn, irregularly spread, Fifty straight columns propt its lofty head; And many a long depending shoot Seeking...strike its root Straight like a plummet grew towards flic ground. Some on the Icnver boughs which crost their way, Fixing their bearded fibres, round and... | |
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Some on the lower boughs which crossed their way, Fixing their bearded fibres round and round, With many a ring and wild contortion wound; Some to the passing wind, at times, with sway Of gentle motion swung; Others, of younger growth, unmoved, were hung... 
