Thalaba the Destroyer: A Rhythmical Romance, Volume 1T.B. Wait, and Charles Williams, 1812 |
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... , induced me , when a young versifier , to practise in this rhythm . I felt that while it gave the poet a wider range of expression , it satisfied theear of the reader . VOL . I. 1 PREFACE . It were easy to make a parade of.
... , induced me , when a young versifier , to practise in this rhythm . I felt that while it gave the poet a wider range of expression , it satisfied theear of the reader . VOL . I. 1 PREFACE . It were easy to make a parade of.
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... gave , he takes away ! The Lord our God is good ! " " Good is he ! " cried the boy ; " Why are my brethren and my sisters slain ? Why is my father kill'd ? Did ever we neglect our prayers , Or ever lift a hand unclean to heaven ? Did ...
... gave , he takes away ! The Lord our God is good ! " " Good is he ! " cried the boy ; " Why are my brethren and my sisters slain ? Why is my father kill'd ? Did ever we neglect our prayers , Or ever lift a hand unclean to heaven ? Did ...
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... gave , he takes away ! " Then said the stranger , " Not by Heaven unseen , Nor in unguided wanderings hast thou reach'd This secret place , be sure ! Nor for light purpose is the Veil , That from the Universe hath long shut out These ...
... gave , he takes away ! " Then said the stranger , " Not by Heaven unseen , Nor in unguided wanderings hast thou reach'd This secret place , be sure ! Nor for light purpose is the Veil , That from the Universe hath long shut out These ...
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... gave their gems ; For this the woodman's axe Open'd the cedar forest to the sun ; The silkworm of the East Spun ber sepulchral egg ; The hunter African Provok'd the danger of the elephant's wrath ; The Ethiop , keen of scent , Detects ...
... gave their gems ; For this the woodman's axe Open'd the cedar forest to the sun ; The silkworm of the East Spun ber sepulchral egg ; The hunter African Provok'd the danger of the elephant's wrath ; The Ethiop , keen of scent , Detects ...
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... gave , he takes away ! -P . 9 . The Lord gave , and the Lord taketh away ; bles . sed be the name of the Lord . - JOB . i . 21 . I have placed a scripture phrase in the mouth of a Mahommedan ; but it is a saying of Job , and there can ...
... gave , he takes away ! -P . 9 . The Lord gave , and the Lord taketh away ; bles . sed be the name of the Lord . - JOB . i . 21 . I have placed a scripture phrase in the mouth of a Mahommedan ; but it is a saying of Job , and there can ...
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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...