Excerpt from The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeI was writing about, and the circumstances which inuenced and inspired much of the composition - the poetry is decidedly in suo proprio loco: for, to use the words of a gifted writer, the East is the land of poetry. Here nature is found in her happiest moods she lavishes all the tints of her wonderful palette on her gorgeous sunrises and sunsets; she instals her electric lights - the bright stars.in the blue depths 'of the unfathomable sky - and, so pure is the atmosphere, that one can see beyond their clear shining into the illimitable space; and her full-orbed moon oods the whole landscape with a silvery light but seldom seen in the West. The sun glows with such an intense heat that, aided by the tropical showers, the earth is clad with a hot-house growth of plants and shrubs; nor are her grander moods unrevealed to man, for towering crag and rugged mountain hem in the meandering river; and the soft lights of sunset play amidst their gloomy rocks and sheltered ravines, while the noon-day clouds cast passing shadows on the lovely scene.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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