Lalla RookhGall & Inglis, 1859 - 172 pages |
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... wind's sighs ! What new - made mystery now , for Faith to sign , And blood to seal , as genuine and divine , What dazzling mimickry of God's own power Hath the bold Prophet plann'd to grace this hour ? Not such the pageant now , though ...
... wind's sighs ! What new - made mystery now , for Faith to sign , And blood to seal , as genuine and divine , What dazzling mimickry of God's own power Hath the bold Prophet plann'd to grace this hour ? Not such the pageant now , though ...
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... wind In th ' open banners play'd , and from behind Those Persian hangings , that but ill could screen The Haram's loveliness , white hands were seen Waving embroider'd scarves , whose motion gave A perfume forth ; -like those the Houris ...
... wind In th ' open banners play'd , and from behind Those Persian hangings , that but ill could screen The Haram's loveliness , white hands were seen Waving embroider'd scarves , whose motion gave A perfume forth ; -like those the Houris ...
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... winds through a fence Of Kerzrah flow'rs , came fill'd with pestilence ; * It is commonly said in Persia , that if a man breathe in the hot south wind , which in Jnne or July passes over that flower ( the Kerzereb ) , it will kill him ...
... winds through a fence Of Kerzrah flow'rs , came fill'd with pestilence ; * It is commonly said in Persia , that if a man breathe in the hot south wind , which in Jnne or July passes over that flower ( the Kerzereb ) , it will kill him ...
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... wind , And but one trembling nymph remains behind , - Beck'ning them back in vain , for they are gone , And she is left in all that light alone ; No veil to curtain o'er her beauteous brow , In its young bashfulness more beauteous now ...
... wind , And but one trembling nymph remains behind , - Beck'ning them back in vain , for they are gone , And she is left in all that light alone ; No veil to curtain o'er her beauteous brow , In its young bashfulness more beauteous now ...
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... wind , And but one trembling nymph remains behind , - Beck'ning them back in vain , for they are gone , And she is left in all that light alone ; No veil to curtain o'er her beauteous brow , In its young bashfulness more beauteous now ...
... wind , And but one trembling nymph remains behind , - Beck'ning them back in vain , for they are gone , And she is left in all that light alone ; No veil to curtain o'er her beauteous brow , In its young bashfulness more beauteous now ...
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Acbar angels Arab AZIM beautiful beneath bird blest bliss blood bowers breath breath'd bright brow burning Caliph called Cashmere charm cheek dark dead dear death deep Delhi dread dream e'er earth ev'n eyes FADLADEEN falchion FERAMORZ Ferishta fire flame flowers gardens GAZNA Genii Ghebers gleam glory gold golden HAFED Haram hath heart heaven holy hour hung hyæna India Indian IRAN's Khorassan King Koran Lake LALLA ROOKH light lips look look'd lov'd lover lute maid minarets MOKANNA moonlight Moslem mountain Naphtha never night NOURMAHAL o'er pass'd PERI Persian poet Princess pure round ruin'd Scott Waring seem'd sherbets 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 towers tree turn'd Twas veil warm wave wild wings wretch young youth ZELICA
Popular passages
Page 90 - Go wing thy flight from star to star, '. From world to luminous world, as far " As the universe spreads its flaming wall ; " Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, " And multiply each through endless years, " One minute of Heaven is worth them all!
Page 100 - Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON ; Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet.
Page 96 - Some flow'rets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the Serpent is over them all...
Page 98 - 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 must perish too ! Then turn to me, my own love, turn, Before like thee I fade and burn ; Cling to these yet cool lips, and share The last pure life that lingers there...
Page 96 - No voice, well known through many a day, To speak the last, the parting word, Which, when all other sounds decay, Is still like distant music heard. That tender farewell on the shore Of this rude world, when all is o'er, Which cheers the spirit, ere its bark Puts off into the unknown dark.
Page 93 - Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, "My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. Though foul are the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain the purest rill, That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss...
Page 103 - Syria's thousand minarets ! The boy has started from the bed Of flowers where he had laid his head, And down upon the fragrant sod Kneels, with his forehead to the south, Lisping th...
Page 89 - Mid flowers that never shall fade or fall: Though mine are the gardens of earth and sea, And the stars themselves have flowers for me, One blossom of heaven outblooms them all!
Page 151 - Whose liquid flame is born of them ! When, 'stead of one unchanging breeze, There blow a thousand gentle airs, And each a different perfume bears, As if the loveliest plants and trees Had vassal breezes of their own To watch and wait on them alone, And waft no other breath than theirs : When the blue waters rise and fall, In sleepy sunshine mantling all ; And even that swell the tempest leaves Is like the full and silent heaves Of lovers' hearts when newly blest, Too newly to be quite at rest.
Page 122 - Playful she turned, that he might see The passing smile her cheek put on ; But when she marked how mournfully His eyes met hers, that smile was gone ; And, bursting into heartfelt tears, 'Yes, yes...