Thalaba the Destroyer: A Rhythmical Romance, Volume 1T.B. Wait, and Charles Williams, 1812 |
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... fell , So he had known thy word . " Boy , who hast reach'd my solitude , Fear the Lord in the days of thy youth ! My knee was never taught To bend before my God ; My voice was never taught To shape one holy prayer . We worshipp'd Idols ...
... fell , So he had known thy word . " Boy , who hast reach'd my solitude , Fear the Lord in the days of thy youth ! My knee was never taught To bend before my God ; My voice was never taught To shape one holy prayer . We worshipp'd Idols ...
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... fell , And anger sat upon his paler lips . He to the high tower - top the Prophet led , And pointed to the multitude , And as again they shouted out , " • Great is the King ! a God upon the Earth ! ' With dark and threatful smile to ...
... fell , And anger sat upon his paler lips . He to the high tower - top the Prophet led , And pointed to the multitude , And as again they shouted out , " • Great is the King ! a God upon the Earth ! ' With dark and threatful smile to ...
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... fell on me , and he call'd " Aswad ! ' - it startled me , -it terrified , - ' Aswad ! ' again he call'd - and I almost Had follow'd him - O moment fled too soon ! O moment irrecoverably lost ... fell around me , thousands fell around , 30.
... fell on me , and he call'd " Aswad ! ' - it startled me , -it terrified , - ' Aswad ! ' again he call'd - and I almost Had follow'd him - O moment fled too soon ! O moment irrecoverably lost ... fell around me , thousands fell around , 30.
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A Rhythmical Romance Robert Southey. " They fell around me , thousands fell around , The King and all his People fell . All ! all ! they perish'd all ! I - only I was left . There came a voice to me and said , In the Day of Visitation ...
A Rhythmical Romance Robert Southey. " They fell around me , thousands fell around , The King and all his People fell . All ! all ! they perish'd all ! I - only I was left . There came a voice to me and said , In the Day of Visitation ...
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... , stood before them . His countenance was dark , Solemn , but not severe , It awed , but struck no terror to the heart . " Zeinab , thy wish is heard ! Aswad , thy hour is come ! " They fell upon the ground and blest the voice , 34.
... , stood before them . His countenance was dark , Solemn , but not severe , It awed , but struck no terror to the heart . " Zeinab , thy wish is heard ! Aswad , thy hour is come ! " They fell upon the ground and blest the voice , 34.
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Abdaldar Algiers Allah Almanzor Angels Arabian Arabs arrows art thou Aswad Azazil Azrael Babylon Bagdad beautiful Bedouins beheld birds bitumen body buried burning Caliph called Camel cast cave cloud colour command corpse cried dark death desert Dromedary earth Eblis Euphrates exclaim'd eyes father fear feet fire fruit Genii gold hand Haruth and Maruth hath head heard heart Heaven Hirah Hodeirah horse hour houses Irem Khawla Khorasan Koran light lips LOBABA locusts look'd Lord Mahommed Mahommedans Mare matrass Mecca Moath Mohareb Mosques Mosul mountain nest never night o'er Oneiza palace palm Persia prayer Pyramid rain rais'd Ring round ruins sand says shade Shedad side Sorcerer soul spake spell Spirit stone stood taste the pain tent Thalaba thee thing thou hast tower traveller tree Turks voice wind wonderful youth Zeinab Zohak
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Page 137 - My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; '" which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid. " What time they wax warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Page 155 - In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs...
Page 7 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths. Beneath her steady ray, The desert circle spreads, Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky ; How beautiful is night...
Page 202 - If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down : for that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin : wherein shall he sleep ? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Page 222 - ... majestic slowness ; at intervals we thought they were coming in a very few minutes to overwhelm us ; and small quantities of sand did actually more than once reach us. Again they would retreat so as to be almost out of sight, their tops reaching to the very clouds.
Page 256 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 216 - I cast (as I believed) a last look on the surrounding scene, and whilst I reflected on the awful change that was about to take place, this world, with its enjoyments, seemed to vanish from my recollection.
Page 215 - I found my horse devouring the stubble and brushwood with great avidity ; and as I was now too faint to attempt walking, and my horse too much fatigued to carry me, I thought it but an act of humanity, and perhaps the last I should ever...
Page 131 - And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men ; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha : and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha. he revived, and stood up on his feet.
Page 119 - Oh ! even with such a look, as fables say, The Mother Ostrich fixes on her egg, Till that intense affection Kindle its light of life, * Even in such deep and breathless tenderness Oneiza's soul is centred on the youth...