Xanadu?
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree :
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea. (lines 1–5)
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Xanadu-ABC Wednesday "X"
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Well, I saw the musical last summer. Does that count?
ReplyDeleteThanks for introducing this Poem to me. Smoke influenced or not the words and image are a delight!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing building. It looks like something in Mexico maybe.
ReplyDeleteGosh..we are not in Kansas (St. Paul) anymore! Great use of X.
ReplyDeletechurch? palace? quaint little summer cottage?
ReplyDeleteI remember that poem, I hadn't thought of it in years. This looks like a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.
ReplyDeletestunning building! what does it matter if Coleridge was smoking something, his words flow so beautifully.
ReplyDeleteWe all seek our xanadu, our shangrala.
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
Nicely done, Kate!
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a vision of beauty and very enjoyable place to rest.
ReplyDeleteAnn
Oh, if only Earth were Xanadu!
ReplyDeleteLeslie
abcw team
Well, I think Coleridge was rather inclined that way...
ReplyDeleteWherever is this?
ReplyDeleteHaven't read Coleridge in ages. . .thanks for the, uh, flashback.
Except, uh, Xanadu is landlocked on the mongolian grasslands... ;)
ReplyDeleteEvidence of large water control works instigated to protect the city exists in the form of remains of the Tiefan’gan Canal.
DeleteNice place.
ReplyDeleteToo gaudy for me.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Enjoyed all the above comments Kate, amazing piece of architecture.
ReplyDeleteAs I recall, Coleridge admitted in the preface of the poem that it was written after waking from opium-influenced dreams. Personally, I don't think I could live in something this sprawling.
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