 A single musical tone, uttered by the voice, floats and soars overhead, in a long, delicious undulation, fainting away 'so slowly that you hear it after it is silent, as you see, or seem to see, a lark you have been watching, after it is swallowed up...  A Visit to India, China, and Japan, in the Year 1853 - Page 135by Bayard Taylor - 1864 - 539 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Bayard Taylor - 1862 - 588 pages
...of heaven. I pictured to myself the effeet of an Arabic or Persian lament for the lovely Noor Jchan, sung over her tomb. The responses that would come...angels in Paradise. The hall, notwithstanding the preeious materials of which it is built, and the elaborate finish of its ornaments, has a grave and... | |
 | Egerton K. Laird - 1875 - 426 pages
...or seem to see, a lark that you have been watching, after it • is swallowed up in the blue vault of heaven. I pictured to myself the effect of an Arabic...resemble the harmonies of angels in paradise." The walls of the tomb are quite plain without any ornamentation, and what struck me more than anything... | |
 | John Henry Gray - 1879 - 656 pages
...see a lark, you have been watching after it is swallowed up in the blue vault of heaven. * * * * * The hall, notwithstanding the precious materials of...effect, infusing a peaceful serenity of mind, such as we feel when contemplating a happy death. Stern unimaginative persons have been known to burst suddenly... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1882 - 448 pages
...would come from above in the pauses of the song must resemble the harmonies of angels in Paradise. 12. The hall, notwithstanding the precious materials of...effect, infusing a peaceful serenity of mind, such as we feel when contemplating a happy death. Stern, unimaginative persons have been known to bairst suddenly... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1882 - 444 pages
...of heaven. I pictured to myself the effect of an Arabic or Persian lament for the lovely Noor-Jehan, sung over her tomb. The responses that would come...must resemble the harmonies of angels in Paradise. 12. The hall, notwithstanding the precious materials of which it is built and the elaborate finish... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1882 - 452 pages
...of heaven. I pictured to myself the effect of an Arabic or Persian lament for the lovely Noor-Jehan, sung over her tomb. The responses that would come...must resemble the harmonies of angels in Paradise. 12. The hall, notwithstanding the precious materials of which it is built and the elaborate finish... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1885 - 562 pages
...away so slowly that you hear it after it is silent, as you see, or seem to see, a lark you have been watching, after it is swallowed up in the blue of...would come from above, in the pauses of the song, must re somble the harmonies of angels in Paradise. The hall, not withstanding the precious materials of... | |
 | Lady Ethel Gwendoline Moffatt Vincent - 1886 - 470 pages
...different voices. " I pictured to myself the effect of an Arabic or Persian lament for the lovely Muntaz sung over her tomb. The responses that would come...must resemble the harmonies of angels in paradise.' writes one who has heard it. We descend into the vault by the long sloping marblelined corridor. A... | |
 | Robert George Hobbes - 1893 - 594 pages
...vault of heaven. I pictured to myself the effect of an Arabic or Persian lament for the lovely Moomtaz sung over her tomb. The responses that would come...must resemble the harmonies of angels in Paradise." And yet another writes : " The least tone or note of music sounded under the dome goes sighing softly... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1912 - 462 pages
...of heaven. I pictured to myself the effect of an Arabic or Persian lament for the lovely Noor-Jehan, sung over her tomb. The responses that would come...effect, infusing a peaceful serenity of mind, such as we feel when contemplating a happy death. Stern, unimaginative persons have been known to burst suddenly... | |
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