{"product_id":"the-flowers-of-the-tropics-von-denis-florence-maccarthy","title":"The Flowers of the Tropics","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the soft sunny regions that circle the waist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the globe with a girdle of topaz and gold, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich heave with the throbbings of life where they're placed, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd glow with the fire of the heart they enfold; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere to live, where to breathe, seems a paradise dream \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dream of some world more elysian than this \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere, if Death and if Sin were away, it would seem \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot the foretaste alone, but the fulness of bliss. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere all that can gladden the sense and the sight, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFresh fruitage as cool and as crimson as even; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the richness and rankness of Nature unite \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo build the frail walls of the Sybarite's heaven. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, ah! should the heart feel the desolate dearth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf some purer enjoyment to speed the bright hours, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn vain through the leafy luxuriance of earth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooks the languidlit eye for the freshness of flowers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo, its glance must be turned from the earth to the sky, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the clayrooted grass to the heavenbranching trees; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd there, oh! enchantment for soul and for eye, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHang blossoms so pure that an angel might seize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus, when pleasure begins from its sweetness to cloy, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the warm heart grows rank like a soil over ripe, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe must turn from the earth for some promise of joy, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd look up to heaven for a holier type.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041986934\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA journey through love and transition in a tropical paradise.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041986934","offer_id":48235641766213,"sku":"9791041986934","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/7adb819a-f889-4944-bbb6-c57b62962ed5.jpg?v=1768459820","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-flowers-of-the-tropics-von-denis-florence-maccarthy","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}