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In Xanadu did Kubla Kaan A stately pleasure dome decree
Chandu, or Xanadu, and its palace, suggested to Coleridge one of his most exquisite passages of description:— “In Xanadu did Kubla Kaan A stately pleasure dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran,
— from Curiosities of Superstition, and Sketches of Some Unrevealed Religions by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately Pleasure Dome decree
[10] “Yes, these are the lines: “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.
— from The Deep Lake Mystery by Carolyn Wells

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