Lalla Rookh: An Oriental RomanceC. S. Francis, 1849 - 278 páginas |
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... spirit with which he was met on the other , there has seldom , I think , occurred any transaction in which Trade and Poesy have shone out so advanta- geously in each other's eyes . The short discussion that then took place , between the ...
... spirit with which he was met on the other , there has seldom , I think , occurred any transaction in which Trade and Poesy have shone out so advanta- geously in each other's eyes . The short discussion that then took place , between the ...
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... spirit that had spoken in the melodies of Ireland soon found itself at home in the East . Having thus laid open the secrets of the workshop to ac- count for the time expended in writing this work , I must also , in justice to my own ...
... spirit that had spoken in the melodies of Ireland soon found itself at home in the East . Having thus laid open the secrets of the workshop to ac- count for the time expended in writing this work , I must also , in justice to my own ...
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... spirit of martyrs in every thing relating to such momentous matters as jewels and embroidery . For the purpose of relieving the pauses of recitation by music , the young Cashmerian held in his hand at 1 The Indian Apollo . - - " He and ...
... spirit of martyrs in every thing relating to such momentous matters as jewels and embroidery . For the purpose of relieving the pauses of recitation by music , the young Cashmerian held in his hand at 1 The Indian Apollo . - - " He and ...
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... spirits and less practised swords , Is come to join , all bravery and belief , The creed and standard of the heaven - sent ... spirit rise Kindling within him ? who , with heart and eyes , 1 " The name of tulip is said to be of Turkish ...
... spirits and less practised swords , Is come to join , all bravery and belief , The creed and standard of the heaven - sent ... spirit rise Kindling within him ? who , with heart and eyes , 1 " The name of tulip is said to be of Turkish ...
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... spirit had been there ? Not he , that youthful warrior , -no , too well For his soul's quiet worked the ' awakening spell ; And now , returning to his own dear land , Full of those dreams of good that , vainly grand , Haunt the young ...
... spirit had been there ? Not he , that youthful warrior , -no , too well For his soul's quiet worked the ' awakening spell ; And now , returning to his own dear land , Full of those dreams of good that , vainly grand , Haunt the young ...
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Términos y frases comunes
angels Arab AZIM beautiful beneath bird blessed bliss blood bowers breath bright brow burning Caliph called Cashmere charm cheek D'Herbelot dark dead dear death deep Delhi dread dream e'er earth ev'n eyes FADLADEEN falchion FERAMORZ Ferdosi Ferishta fire flame flowers gardens Genii Ghebers glory gold golden Greek fire HAFED Haram hath heart heaven holy hour hung hyæna Indian IRAN's isles J. G. Lockhart Khorassan King Koran La Péri Lake LALLA ROOKH light lips live look lover lute maid MOKANNA moonlight Moslem mountain Naphtha never night NOURMAHAL o'er once passed PERI Persian poem poet Princess pure round shining Shiraz shone sigh skies slave sleep smile song soul sound sparkling spirit star stood story sunk sweet sword Tahmuras tears thee thine thou thought throne Tibet twas Veil wandering warm wave wild wings wretch young youth ZELICA Zoroaster
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Página 120 - Go, wing thy flight from star to star, From world to luminous world, as far As the universe spreads its flaming wall : Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, And multiply each through endless years, One minute of Heaven is worth them all...
Página 120 - Nymph of a fair but erring line ! " Gently he said — " one hope is thine. "Tis written in the Book of Fate, The Peri yet may be forgiven Who brings to this eternal gate The gift that is most dear to heaven ! Go seek it, and redeem thy sin, — 'Tis sweet to let the pardoned in.
Página 67 - twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song. That bower and its music I never forget, But oft when alone, in the bloom of the year, I think — Is the nightingale singing there yet? Are the roses still bright by the calm BENDEMEER...
Página 135 - mid the roses lay, She saw a wearied man dismount From his hot steed, and on the brink Of a small imaret's rustic fount Impatient fling him down to drink.
Página 132 - Now, upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon ; Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet.
Página 247 - Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea. When heaven was all tranquillity...
Página 241 - Or to see it by moonlight, — when mellowly shines The light o'er its palaces, gardens, and shrines ; When the water-falls gleam, like a quick fall of stars, And the nightingale's hymn from the Isle of Chenars Is broken by laughs and light echoes of feet From the cool, shining walks where the young people meet.
Página 136 - Syria's thousand minarets ! The boy has started from the bed Of flowers where he had laid his head, And down upon the fragrant sod Kneels, with his forehead to the south, Lisping th...
Página 159 - twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, • But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! Now too— the joy most like divine Of all I ever dreamt or knew, To see thee, hear thee, call thee mine,— Oh, misery ! must I lose that too ? Yet go — on peril's brink we meet ; — Those frightful rocks — that treacherous sea — No, never come again — though sweet, Though heaven, it may be death to thee.
Página 130 - Am I not thine — thy own lov'd bride — The one, the chosen one, whose place In life or death is by thy side ! Think'st thou that she, whose only light, In this dim world, from thee hath shone, Could bear the long, the cheerless night, That must be hers, when thou art gone ? That I can live, and let thee go, 'Who art my life itself? — No, no — When the stem dies, the leaf that grew Out of its heart must perish too! Then turn to me, my own love, turn, Before, like thee, I fade and burn; Cling...