LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS. LALLA ROOKH. BY K. MEADOWS. (To face Title.) DEATH OF HINDA. (Engraved Title-page.) BY EDWARD Corbould. "One wild heart-broken shriek she gave, And, gazing, sunk into the wave." The Fire-worshippers. ZELICA. BY EDWARD CORBOULD. "You saw her pale dismay, Ye wondering sisterhood, and heard the burst Of exclamation from her lips, when first The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, p. 48. ix AZIM AND ZELICA. BY EDWARD CORBOULD. "Scarce had she said These breathless words, when a voice deep and dread As that of MONKER, waking up the dead From their first sleep-so startling 'twas to both Rung through the casement near, Thy oath! thy oath!"" The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, p. 102. ZELICA DISCOVERING THE VEILED PROPHET. BY EDWARD CORBOULD. "But hark-she stops-she listens dreadful tone! THE PERI AT THE GATE OF EDEN. BY K. MEADOWS. "One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood, disconsolate." Paradise and the Peri, p. 150. THE DEPARTURE OF HAFED. BY EDWARD CORBOULD. "Fiercely he broke away, nor stopped, As if he fled from love to death." The Fire-worshippers, p. 207 HINDA. By T. P. STEPHANOFF. "And watch, and look along the deep For him whose smiles first made her weep." The Fire-worshippers, p. 229. NAMOUNA. BY K. MEADOWS. "Her glance Spoke something, past all mortal pleasures, As, in a kind of holy trance, She hung above those fragrant treasures, Bending to drink their balmy airs, As if she mixed her soul with theirs." The Light of the Haram, p. 315. NOURMAHAL ASLEEP. By T. P. STEPHANOFF. "No sooner was the flowery crown Placed on her head, than sleep came down, Gently as nights of summer fall, Upon the lids of NOURMAHAL." The Light of the Haram, p. 318. |