Lalla Rookh: An Oriental RomanceLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1854 - 287 pages |
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... youth of mortal race , the rightful Prince of Ormuz , who had been , from his infancy , brought up in seclusion , on the banks of the river Amou , by an aged guardian named Mohassan . The • November 9. 1816 . story opens with the first ...
... youth of mortal race , the rightful Prince of Ormuz , who had been , from his infancy , brought up in seclusion , on the banks of the river Amou , by an aged guardian named Mohassan . The • November 9. 1816 . story opens with the first ...
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... youth about LALLA ROOKH'S OWN golden bells fastened round their legs , neck , and elbows , to the sound of which they dance before the King . The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their fingers , to which little bells are ...
... youth about LALLA ROOKH'S OWN golden bells fastened round their legs , neck , and elbows , to the sound of which they dance before the King . The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their fingers , to which little bells are ...
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... youths of perfect beauty ; and the princesses of Hindustán were all passionately in love with Chrishna , who continues to this hour the darling God of the Indian women . * SIR W. JONES , on the Gods of Greece , Italy , and India . † See ...
... youths of perfect beauty ; and the princesses of Hindustán were all passionately in love with Chrishna , who continues to this hour the darling God of the Indian women . * SIR W. JONES , on the Gods of Greece , Italy , and India . † See ...
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... youth with brand Uplifted there , but , at the Chief's command , Would make his own devoted heart its sheath , And bless the lips that doom'd so dear a death ! In hatred to the Caliph's hue of night , * Their vesture , helms and all ...
... youth with brand Uplifted there , but , at the Chief's command , Would make his own devoted heart its sheath , And bless the lips that doom'd so dear a death ! In hatred to the Caliph's hue of night , * Their vesture , helms and all ...
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... youth , advancing from the crowd , With silver bow , with belt of broider'd crape , And fur - bound bonnet of Bucharian shape , † So fiercely beautiful in form and eye , Like war's wild planet in a summer sky ; That youth to - day , a ...
... youth , advancing from the crowd , With silver bow , with belt of broider'd crape , And fur - bound bonnet of Bucharian shape , † So fiercely beautiful in form and eye , Like war's wild planet in a summer sky ; That youth to - day , a ...
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angels Arab AZIM beautiful beneath bird blest bliss blood bowers breath breath'd bright brow Bucharia burning Caliph called Cashmere charm cheek D'Herbelot dark dead dear death deep Delhi delightful dread dream e'er earth ev'n eyes FADLADEEN falchion FERAMORZ FERDOSI FERISHTA fire flame flowers gardens GAZNA Ghebers glory gold golden HAFED Haram hath heart heaven holy hour hung hyæna Indian IRAN's Khorassan King Koran La Péri Lahore Lake LALLA ROOKH light lips look look'd lov'd lover lute maid minaret MOKANNA moonlight Moslem mountain Naphtha never night NOURMAHAL o'er pass'd PERI Persian poet Princess pure round SCOTT WARing seem'd shining Shiraz shone sigh skies slave sleep smile soul sound sparkling spirit star stood sweet sword Tahmuras tears thee thine thou thought throne Tibet tree turn'd Twas veil voice warm wave wild wings wretch young youth ZELICA Zoroaster
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Page 245 - 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...
Page 253 - 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...
Page 132 - And how felt he, the wretched man Reclining there, while memory ran O'er many a year of guilt and strife, — Flew o'er the dark flood of his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace. "There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou blessed child!
Page 187 - His country's curse, his children's shame. Outcast of virtue, peace, and fame. May he, at last, with lips of flame On the parch'd desert thirsting die, — While lakes that shone in mockery nigh...
Page 55 - And a dew was distill'd from their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Thus memory draws from delight, ere it dies, \ ".> An essence that breathes of it many a year...
Page 197 - How calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly hour when storms are gone, When warring winds have died away, And clouds, beneath the glancing ray, Melt off, and leave the land and sea Sleeping in bright tranquillity...
Page 124 - I'd shed it all, To give thy brow one minute's calm. Nay, turn not from me that dear face — Am I not thine — thy own loved 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...
Page 133 - Twas a bright smile the Angel threw From Heaven's gate, to hail that tear Her harbinger of glory near ! | " Joy, joy for ever ! my task is done — The gates are pass'd, and heaven is won...
Page 130 - 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.
Page 124 - tis sweet to me ! There, drink my tears, while yet they fall, — Would that my bosom's blood were balm, And, well thou know'st, I'd shed it all, To give thy brow one minute's calm.