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... lines are employed in sequence which can be read into one . Two six - syllable lines , it will perhaps be answer- ed , compose an Alexandrine : the truth is , that the Alexandrine , when harmonious , is composed of two six - syllable ...
... lines are employed in sequence which can be read into one . Two six - syllable lines , it will perhaps be answer- ed , compose an Alexandrine : the truth is , that the Alexandrine , when harmonious , is composed of two six - syllable ...
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... lines of a Turkey carpet , conveying no idea whatever , as ab- surd to the eye as nonsense - verses to the ear . The little of their literature that has reached us is equally worth- less . Our barbarian scholars have called Ferdusi the ...
... lines of a Turkey carpet , conveying no idea whatever , as ab- surd to the eye as nonsense - verses to the ear . The little of their literature that has reached us is equally worth- less . Our barbarian scholars have called Ferdusi the ...
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... line is in one of the most beautiful passages of our old Ballads , so full of beauty . I have never seen the Bal- lad in print , and with some trouble have procured only an imperfect copy from memory . It is necessary to in- sert some ...
... line is in one of the most beautiful passages of our old Ballads , so full of beauty . I have never seen the Bal- lad in print , and with some trouble have procured only an imperfect copy from memory . It is necessary to in- sert some ...
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... lines contain the various opinions of the Mahom- medans respecting the intermediate state of the Blessed , till the Day of Judgment . Is thy soul in Zemzem - well ? -P . 69 . Hagar being near her time , and not able any longer to endure ...
... lines contain the various opinions of the Mahom- medans respecting the intermediate state of the Blessed , till the Day of Judgment . Is thy soul in Zemzem - well ? -P . 69 . Hagar being near her time , and not able any longer to endure ...
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... line , I have avoided all resemblance to the powerful poetry of Lucan . Aspicit astantem projecti corporis umbram , Exanimes artus , invisaque claustra timentem Carceris antiqui ; pavet ire in pectus apertum , Visceraque , et ruptas ...
... line , I have avoided all resemblance to the powerful poetry of Lucan . Aspicit astantem projecti corporis umbram , Exanimes artus , invisaque claustra timentem Carceris antiqui ; pavet ire in pectus apertum , Visceraque , et ruptas ...
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Abdaldar Allah Almanzor Angels Arabian Arabs arrows art thou Aswad Azarael Azrael Babylon Bagdad beautiful Bedouins beheld birds bitumen body buried burning Caliph called Camel cave cloud colour cried dark death desert Destroyer Dromedary earth Eblis Euphrates exclaim'd eyes father fear feet fire fruit Genii glory gold hand Hand of Glory Haruth and Maruth hath head heard heart Heaven Hirah Hodeirah horse Houd hour houses Irem Khawla Koran light LOBABA locusts look'd Lord Mahommed Mare Mecca Moath Mohareb Mosque mountain nest never night o'er Oneiza palace palm Persia Pietro della Valle poison prayer Prophet Pyramid rais'd Rangemore Ring round ruins sand shade Shedad Sorcerer soul spake spell Spirit stone stood taste the pain tent Thalaba thee thing thou hast tower traveller trees Turks voice wind wings wonderful youth Zeinab Zohak
Popular passages
Page 3 - 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.
Page 149 - 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 257 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 129 - 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 215 - ... 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 215 - They retired from us with a wind at south-east, leaving an impression upon my mind to which I can give no name, though surely one ingredient in it was fear, with a considerable deal of wonder and astonishment.
Page 216 - Halboub, only they seemed to be more in number and less in size. They came several times in a direction close upon us, that is, I believe, within less than two miles.
Page 210 - ... seemed to vanish from my recollection. Nature, however, at length resumed its functions; and on recovering my senses I found myself stretched upon the sand, with the bridle still in my hand, and the sun just sinking behind the trees. I now summoned all my resolution and determined to make another effort to prolong my existence.
Page 202 - And we made a fountain of molten brass to flow for him. And some of the genii were obliged to work in his presence, by the will of his LORD ; and whoever of them turned aside from our command, we will cause him to taste the pain of hell-fire. They made for him whatever he pleased of palaces, and statues...
Page 96 - Woe to the traveller whom this wind surprises remote from shelter ! he must suffer all its dreadful consequences, which sometimes are mortal. The danger is most imminent when it blows in squalls, for then the rapidity of the wind increases the heat to such a degree as to cause sudden death.