Lalla Rookh: An Oriental RomanceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 - 405 стор. The daughter of the Mughal emperor is engaged to the young king of Bactria. She goes to meet him, but falls in love with a poet she meets on the way. As Lalla Rookh enters the palace of her bridegroom she is delighted to find that the poet of her affection was none other than the prince to whom she was engaged. |
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... gives , " And when he dies , to leave his lofty name " A light , a land - mark on the cliffs of fame ? " It was not so , land of the generous thought " And daring deed ! thy godlike sages taught ; " It was not thus , in bowers of wanton ...
... gives , " And when he dies , to leave his lofty name " A light , a land - mark on the cliffs of fame ? " It was not so , land of the generous thought " And daring deed ! thy godlike sages taught ; " It was not thus , in bowers of wanton ...
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... give birth to things Lovely beyond its fairest picturings ! Awhile they dance before him , then divide , Breaking , like rosy clouds at even - tide Around the rich pavilion of the sun , - Till silently dispersing , one by one , Through ...
... give birth to things Lovely beyond its fairest picturings ! Awhile they dance before him , then divide , Breaking , like rosy clouds at even - tide Around the rich pavilion of the sun , - Till silently dispersing , one by one , Through ...
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... give to forms that pass us by In the world's crowd , too lovely to remain , Creatures of light we never see again ! Around the white necks of the nymphs who danc'd Hung carcanets of orient gems , that glanc'd More brilliant than the sea ...
... give to forms that pass us by In the world's crowd , too lovely to remain , Creatures of light we never see again ! Around the white necks of the nymphs who danc'd Hung carcanets of orient gems , that glanc'd More brilliant than the sea ...
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... give way ! MOKANNA's self plucks the black Banner down , And now the Orient World's imperial crown A Is just within his grasp when , hark , that shout ! Some hand hath check'd the flying Moslems ' rout , And now they turn they rally ...
... give way ! MOKANNA's self plucks the black Banner down , And now the Orient World's imperial crown A Is just within his grasp when , hark , that shout ! Some hand hath check'd the flying Moslems ' rout , And now they turn they rally ...
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... gives the victim , that before him lies Blighted and lost , a glory in his eyes , A light like that with which hell - fire illumes The ghastly , writhing wretch whom it consumes ! But other tasks now wait him - tasks that need All the ...
... gives the victim , that before him lies Blighted and lost , a glory in his eyes , A light like that with which hell - fire illumes The ghastly , writhing wretch whom it consumes ! But other tasks now wait him - tasks that need All the ...
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angels Arab AZIM beautiful beneath bird blest bliss blood bowers breath breath'd 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 GAZNA Ghebers gleam glory gold golden Greek fire HAFED Haram hath heart heaven holy hour hung hyæna India IRAN's Khorassan King Koran Lake LALLA ROOKH light lips look look'd lov'd lover lute maid MOKANNA moonlight Moslem mountain Naptha never night NOURMAHAL o'er PERI Persian Princess pure round Scott Waring seem'd shade sherbets shining SHIRAZ shone sigh skies slave sleep smile soul sound sparkling spirit star stood sunk sweet sword tears thee thine thou throne Tibet Transoxiania tree turn'd twas veil warm wave Waved plates wild wings wretch young youth ZELICA
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Сторінка 295 - WHO has not heard of the Vale of Cashmere, With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave, Its temples, and grottos, and fountains as clear As the love-lighted eyes that hang over their wave...
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Сторінка 154 - Cheer'd by this hope she bends her thither ; — Still laughs the radiant eye of Heaven, Nor have the golden bowers of Even In the rich West begun to wither ; — When, o'er the vale of BALBEC winging Slowly, she sees a child at play, Among the rosy wild flowers singing, As rosy and as wild as they ; Chasing...
Сторінка 159 - While the same sunbeam shines upon The guilty and the guiltless one, And hymns of joy proclaim through Heaven The triumph of a Soul Forgiven...
Сторінка 157 - thou blessed child ! When young, and haply pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense Of guiltless joy that guilt can know. "There's a drop...
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Сторінка 135 - 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.
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