Letitia Elizabeth Landon

“ Of tulips, earth's bright rainbows, seemed to hold
Divided wealth with the gold amaranth.
Kings of the solitude, gigantic palms,
Held shadowy empire, and like lovers hung
Over the delicate acacia's boughs,
Which guarded in their turn blue violets,
Lying like clouds earth-dropt beneath their shade. ”

“ The maiden watched the rubies glow,
And wreathed them in her hair;
But heavy they prest upon her brow,
Like the weight of secret care.
The gems that bound her forehead high,
Might have lighted a diadem ”

“ Mirrored in the clear crystal of the lake,
Arose the garden's wonder, the bright palace,
All glorious, with its purple towers, like those
The evening clouds build for the setting sun.—
He entered one rich hall ”