Of
all the Severn Wonders of the Ancient World, the Hanging Gardens
of Babylon have left us least, in stone or story, wherewith
to build a picture of their beauty, but from what evidence there
is this lovely reconstruction has been produced. The gardens
have borrowed their shape from the Babylonian temple-tower :
trees and flowers mass every terrace, and a circling canal gives
coolness to the air. Inspired like so many mighty works of love,
they were built by King Nebuchadrezzar to delight the eyes of
his Median bride.
From
Wonders of the Past
