But O Phebus, All glistering in thy gorgious gowne, Wouldst thou wit safe to slide a downe: And dwell with us, But for a day, I could tell thee close in thine eare, A tale that thou hadst leuer heare -I dare well say: Then ere thou wert, To kisse that unkind runneaway, Who was transformed to boughs of bay: For her curst hert.
"The Arte of English Poesie"
George Puttenham
"Still onward; and the clear canal Is rounded to as clear a lake;" and we emerged from the willow-fringed water lanes, and saw across the wider shield of glistering water the white cube of the Nishat Bagh Pavilion-the Garden of Joy, made for Jehangir the Mogul-standing by the water's edge, and at its foot a great throng and clutter of boats, amidst whose snaky prows we pushed our way and landed, something stiff after sitting for two hours in a cramped shikara.
"A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil"
T. R. Swinburne
From his feet the white frozen billows of the great glacier rolled, a glistering sea, to where we, atoms in the enormous loneliness, stood breathless in admiration.
"A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil"
T. R. Swinburne