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He sees a group of female forms advance

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Poor maiden !" thought the youth, "if thou wert sent"

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Oh! could he listen to such sounds unmov'd,

And by that light-nor dream of her he lov'd?

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"Look up, my ZELICA-one moment show

Those gentle eyes to me, that I may know"

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'Oh! curse me not," she cried, as wild he toss'd His desperate hand tow'rds Heaven

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They saw a young Hindoo girl upon the bank

Whose are the gilded tents that crowd the way?.
In vain he yells his desperate curses out.
For this alone exists-like lightning fire,
To speed one bolt of vengeance, and expire!
And they beheld an orb, ample and bright,
Rise from the Holy Well.

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There, ye wise Saints, behold your Light, your StarYe would be dupes and victims, and ye are

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He sprung and sunk, as the last words were said

Quick clos'd the burning waters o'er his head.

And pray that He may pardon her,—may take Compassion on her soul for thy dear sake".

For this the old man breath'd his thanks and died.

PARADISE AND THE PERI.

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[Architectural details from Baghdad, &c.] The glorious Angel, who was keeping The gates of Light, beheld her weeping -She caught the last

Last glorious drop his heart had shed

Like their good angel, calmly keeping

Watch o'er them till their souls would waken

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[In part from the binding of a "Shah Namah," in the East India House Library.]

And sits alone in that high bower
Watching the still and shining deep

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"Oh! ever thus, from childhood's hour,
I've seen my fondest hopes decay"
"Here, maiden, look-weep-blush to see
All that thy sire abhors in me!"
Fiercely he broke away, nor stopp'd,
Nor look'd-but from the lattice dropp'd.
The morn hath risen clear and calm,
And o'er the Green Sea palely shines.
'Tis HAFED-name of fear, whose sound
Chills like the muttering of a charm!

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Farewell-farewell to thee, ARABY's daughter!"

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THE LIGHT OF THE HARAM.

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[From porcelain and illuminated MSS.]

Or to see it by moonlight,-when mellowly shines
The light o'er its palaces, gardens, and shrines
He saw, in the wreaths she would playfully snatch
From the hedges, a glory his crown could not match

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She whispers him with laughing eyes,
"Remember, love, the Feast of Roses!"

They had now begun to ascend those barren mountains.

The marriage was fixed for the morning after her arrival

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