...fragment is generally ranked among the finest specimens of purely imaginative poetry in our language. A savage place ! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath...motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean ; And 'mid this tumult...

...incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. But oh ! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green...motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean : And 'mid this tumult...

...incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green...motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: And 'mid this tumult...

...that deep romantic chasm, which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover I A savage place I as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon...Through wood and dale, the sacred river ran — Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean ; And 'raid this tumult...

...whose swift half-intermitted burst Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beucath the thresher's flail : And mid these dancing rocks...motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean : And mid this tumult...

...incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green...motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, 28 KUBLA KHAN. Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tutriult to a lifeless ocean...

...holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon lover! And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,...motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: And 'mid this tumult...

...were breathing, A mighty fountain momently was forced : Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst Hnge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy...motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean : 126 127 And 'mid this...

...incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. But oh ! ing. " 0 Alice Brand, my native land Is lost for love of you ; Ami we must hold by wood and reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean : And 'mid this tumult...

...incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. But oh ! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green...Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war 1 The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves ; Where was heard the mingled measure...