"Blue lotus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the teachers instructed me in the ancient learning of our people, and in such matters appertaining to the Gods as it is meet that children should know. So I grew strong and comely, for my hair was black as the hair of the divine Nout, and my eyes were blue as the blue lotus, and my skin was like the alabaster within the sanctuaries. For now that these glories have passed from me I may speak of them without shame. I was strong also. There was no youth of my years in Abouthis who could stand against me to wrestle with me, nor ...
— Cleopatra • H. Rider Haggard
... happy those, that see once more—like Indra from the sky come down. No mortal men, but gods I deem—moonlike, before whose wondering sight, My Rama's glorious face shall beam—from the dark forest bursting bright. Happy that gaze on Rama's face—with beauteous teeth and smile of love, Like the blue lotus in its grace—and like the starry king above. Like to the full autumnal moon—and like the lotus in its bloom, That youth who sees returning soon—how blest shall be that mortal's doom. Dwelling ...
— Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems • Henry Hart Milman
... Vetala is about a king's three sensitive wives: As one of the queens was playfully pulling the hair of the king, a blue lotus leaped from her ear and fell on her lap; immediately a would was produced on the front of her thigh by the blow, and the delicate princess exclaimed, "Oh! oh!" and fainted. At night, the second retired with the king to ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton |
