Lalla Rookh: An Oriental RomanceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 - 405 sider 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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... hand a kitar ; such as , in old times , the Arab maids of the West used to listen to by moonlight in the gardens of the Alhambra and , having premised , with much humility , that the story he was about to relate was founded on the ...
... hand a kitar ; such as , in old times , the Arab maids of the West used to listen to by moonlight in the gardens of the Alhambra and , having premised , with much humility , that the story he was about to relate was founded on the ...
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... hands , His chosen guard of bold Believers stands ; Young fire - eyed disputants , who deem their swords , On points of faith , more eloquent than words ; And such their zeal , there's not a youth with brand Uplifted there , but , at ...
... hands , His chosen guard of bold Believers stands ; Young fire - eyed disputants , who deem their swords , On points of faith , more eloquent than words ; And such their zeal , there's not a youth with brand Uplifted there , but , at ...
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... hand to hand " The flying youths transmit their shining brand , — " From frame to frame the unextinguish'd soul 66 Rapidly passes , till it reach the goal ! " Nor think ' tis only the gross Spirits , warm'd " With duskier fire and for ...
... hand to hand " The flying youths transmit their shining brand , — " From frame to frame the unextinguish'd soul 66 Rapidly passes , till it reach the goal ! " Nor think ' tis only the gross Spirits , warm'd " With duskier fire and for ...
Side 17
... hands were seen Waving embroider'd scarves , whose motion gave A perfume forth ; — like those the Houris wave When beckoning to their bowers th ' Immortal Brave . " But these , ” pursued the Chief , " are truths sublime , “ That claim a ...
... hands were seen Waving embroider'd scarves , whose motion gave A perfume forth ; — like those the Houris wave When beckoning to their bowers th ' Immortal Brave . " But these , ” pursued the Chief , " are truths sublime , “ That claim a ...
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... Hand of Glory , the candle for which was made of the fat of a dead male- factor . This , however , was rather a western than an eastern superstition . " Who , bolder ev'n than NEMROD , think to D 2 THE VEILED PROPHET OF KHORASSAN . 35 ...
... Hand of Glory , the candle for which was made of the fat of a dead male- factor . This , however , was rather a western than an eastern superstition . " Who , bolder ev'n than NEMROD , think to D 2 THE VEILED PROPHET OF KHORASSAN . 35 ...
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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 seem'd shade shining SHIRAZ shone sigh skies slave sleep smile soul sound sparkling spirit star stood sunk sweet sword Tahmuras tears thee thine thou thought throne Tibet Transoxiania tree turn'd twas veil warm wave Waved plates wild wings wretch young youth ZELICA