 This Poem was chiefly written upon the mountainous ruins of the Baths of Caracalla, among the flowery glades, and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in ever winding labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended...  The Book of Italian Travel (1580-1900) - Page 74by Henry Neville Maugham - 1903 - 458 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 458 pages
...the flowery glades, and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in ever winding labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air. The bright blue sky of Eome, and the effect of the vigorous awakening spring in that divinest climate, and the newlife with... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - 1881 - 658 pages
...the flowery glades and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in everwidening labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air." In this neighbourhood are to be found some of the principal catacombs. The catacombs are "a vast labyrinth... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 426 pages
...blossoming trees, which are extended in many widening labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzv arches suspended in the air. The bright blue sky of Rome, and the effect of the vigorous awakening spring in that divincst climate, and the new life with which it drenches the spirit to intoxication,... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 364 pages
...the flowery glades and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in many widening labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air. The bright blue sky of Eome, and the effect of the vigorous awakening spring in that divinest climate, and the new life with... | |
 | S. Russell Forbes - 1882 - 384 pages
...the flowery glades and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in ever winding labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air." So the poet wrote of this spot. But now it is all changed : the hand of the explorer has ruthlessly... | |
 | William Henry Withrow - 1883 - 192 pages
...the flowery glades and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in ever-widening labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air." Piers of solid masonry soar aloft like towers, on the summit of which good-sized trees are growing.... | |
 | Samuel Edward Dawson - 1884 - 150 pages
...the flowery glades and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees which are extended in ever- winding labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air." The passage is very suggestive of these ruins, the mosaic floors are riven by rank weeds, and the lofty... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 448 pages
...Caracalla, among the flowery glades and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in ever-winding labyrinths upon its immense platforms...arches suspended in the air. The bright blue sky of Eome, and the effect of the vigorous awakening of spring in that divinest climate, and the new life... | |
 | Clara Erskine Clement Waters - 1886 - 234 pages
...of it, " Among the flowery glades and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in ever-winding labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air," by which we know that the ruins were covered with a soil which was fruitful in flowers, vines, and... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1887 - 232 pages
...mountainous ruins of the Baths of Caracalla, among the flowery glades and thickets of odoriferous perfume. The bright blue sky of Rome, and the effect of the vigorous awakening of spring in that divinest of climates, and the new life with which it drenches the spirits even to intoxication, were the inspiration... | |
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