Mid Nature's embers, parched and dry, Where o'er some tower in ruin laid, The peepul spreads its haunted shade ; Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death ! Come on ! Yet pause! behold us now Beneath the bamboo's arched bough... The Poetical Works of Reginald Heber - Page 292by Reginald Heber - 1853 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
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