...the summer at Shangtn, some 50 miles north of the Wall, the Xanadu of Coleridge's poem :— 1 Where twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round.' We know that Coleridge believed himself to have composed that brilliant little poem in a dream. And...

...the summer at Shangtu, some 50 miles north of the Wall, the Xanadu of Coleridge's poem : — ' Where twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round.' We know that Coleridge believed himself to have composed that brilliant little poem in a dream. And...

...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 roan Down to a sunless sea." It is evident from such statements as these,...

...rising sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God. 303. KUBLA KHAN: OR, A VISION IN A DREAM. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleas,ure-dome...bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearirig tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Infolding sunny spots of greenery....

...unable to finish the poem ; but what he wrote ere the charm was broken contains a world of beauty. " In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree,...miles of fertile ground, With walls and towers were girded round, And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing...

...the best order/ as Coleridge called it — the delightfully melodious opening of ' 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 " — would be entitled to rank in the same...

...pleasure dome decree, Where Alph, the sucrcdjriver, ran Through caverns measureless to man, Down_to a sunless sea ! So twice five miles of fertile ground. With walls and bowers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many...

...rest their oars and say, Miserere Domine ! Coleridge. — Born 1772, Died 1834. 1509.— KUBLA KHAN. is blossom'd many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as tho hills, Enfolding sunny...

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...nursery. I like Coleridge's Kubla Khan for its exquisite cadence. That whole passage beginning— " 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" — has a most fascinating melody. I don't...