"Nelumbo" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ere scarce exalted into birth, Bursting its odorous heart in spirit to wing Its way to Heaven, from garden of a king: And Valisnerian lotus thither flown [7] From struggling with the waters of the Rhone: And thy most lovely purple perfume, Zante [8]! Isola d'oro!—Fior di Levante! And the Nelumbo bud that floats for ever [9] With Indian Cupid down the holy river— Fair flowers, and fairy! to whose care is given To bear the Goddess' song, in odors, up ...
— Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works • Edgar Allan Poe |
