The Works of Thomas Moore: Lalla Rookh1823 |
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Page 291
... Nourmahal ; and here would LALLA ROOKH have been happy to remain for ever , giving up the throne of Bucharia and the world , for FERAMORZ and love in this sweet lonely valley . The time was now fast approaching when she * KEMPFER ...
... Nourmahal ; and here would LALLA ROOKH have been happy to remain for ever , giving up the throne of Bucharia and the world , for FERAMORZ and love in this sweet lonely valley . The time was now fast approaching when she * KEMPFER ...
Page 294
... Nourmahal , -the Light of the Haram , * who had so often wandered among these flowers , and fed with her own hands , in those marble basins , the small shining fishes of which she was so fond , † -the youth , in order to delay the ...
... Nourmahal , -the Light of the Haram , * who had so often wandered among these flowers , and fed with her own hands , in those marble basins , the small shining fishes of which she was so fond , † -the youth , in order to delay the ...
Page 301
... NOURMAHAL . * “ An old commentator of the Chou - King says , the ancients having remarked that a current of water made some of the stones near its banks send forth a sound , they detached some of them , and being charmed with the ...
... NOURMAHAL . * “ An old commentator of the Chou - King says , the ancients having remarked that a current of water made some of the stones near its banks send forth a sound , they detached some of them , and being charmed with the ...
Page 302
... NOURMAHAL gave such magic of bliss ; But that loveliness , ever in motion , which plays Like the light upon autumn's soft shadowy days , Now here and now there , giving warmth as it flies From the lips to the cheek , from the cheek to ...
... NOURMAHAL gave such magic of bliss ; But that loveliness , ever in motion , which plays Like the light upon autumn's soft shadowy days , Now here and now there , giving warmth as it flies From the lips to the cheek , from the cheek to ...
Page 303
... NOURMAHAL the proud Lord of the East for her slave ; * In the wars of the Dives with the Peris , whenever the former took the latter prisoners , " they shut them up in iron cages , and hung them on the highest trees . Here they were ...
... NOURMAHAL the proud Lord of the East for her slave ; * In the wars of the Dives with the Peris , whenever the former took the latter prisoners , " they shut them up in iron cages , and hung them on the highest trees . Here they were ...
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angels Arab beautiful beneath bird bless'd bliss blood bowers breath bright brow Bucharia burning Caliph called Cashmere charm cheek dark dead dear death deep Delhi dread dream e'er earth eyes FADLADEEN falchion FERAMORZ fire flame flowers gardens GAZNA Genii Ghebers gleam glory gold golden groves HAFED Haram hath heart Heaven holy hour hung hyæna India Indian IRAN IRAN's Isles Khorassan King Koran Lake LALLA ROOKH light lips live look look'd lover lute maid MOKANNA moonlight Moslem mountain Naptha never night NOURMAHAL o'er pass'd PERI Persian poet Princess pure round 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 Transoxiania tree turn'd Twas veil warm wave Waved plates wild wings wretch young youth ZELICA
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Page 326 - And, oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, It is this, it is this.
Page 303 - 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 293 - 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 187 - Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, " I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; " I never loved a tree or flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nursed a dear gazelle, " To glad me with its soft black eye, " But when it came to know me well, " And love me, it was sure to die...
Page 64 - 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 ; Thus bright to my soul, as 'twas then to my eyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm BENDEMEER.
Page 63 - There's a bower of roses by BENDEMEER'S ' stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song. That bower and its music I never forget, But oft when alone, in the bloom of the year, I think — is the nightingale singing there yet ? Are the roses still bright by the calm BENDEMEER...
Page 158 - And now — behold him kneeling there By the child's side, in humble prayer, While the same sunbeam shines upon The guilty and the guiltless one, And hymns of joy proclaim through Heaven The Triumph of a soul Forgiven...
Page 151 - 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 139 - Downward the Peri turns her gaze, And through the war-field's bloody haze Beholds a youthful warrior stand Alone beside his native river. The red blade broken in his hand And the last arrow in his quiver. "Live," said the conqueror, "live to share The trophies and the crowns I bear!
Page 155 - Upon a brow more fierce than that, — Sullenly fierce — a mixture dire, Like thunder-clouds of gloom and fire, In which the Peri's eye could read Dark tales of many a ruthless deed ; The...