Giafar Al Barmeki: A Tale of the Court of Haroun Al Raschid ...Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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... strictly guarded , her silence will be as sure as though death had set his icy seal upon her lips . " Tis a merciful part , too , though she deserves it not . Yes ! solitude , stern and cruel - yet not to her , the GIAFAR AL BARMEKI . 33.
... strictly guarded , her silence will be as sure as though death had set his icy seal upon her lips . " Tis a merciful part , too , though she deserves it not . Yes ! solitude , stern and cruel - yet not to her , the GIAFAR AL BARMEKI . 33.
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... stern and cruel - yet not to her , the ingrate , the traitress ! No ! the heaviest chains were mercy to one so guilty . But come , let us seek the palace . I have a task yet to perform ere morning , and the night is well advanced ...
... stern and cruel - yet not to her , the ingrate , the traitress ! No ! the heaviest chains were mercy to one so guilty . But come , let us seek the palace . I have a task yet to perform ere morning , and the night is well advanced ...
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... stern and unsparing is he in his purposes of vengeance . Yet grant it ; should he give me life , burdened with his displeasure , it were a torment save for thee . I have held a place most worthy in the eyes of the kingdom ; my counsel ...
... stern and unsparing is he in his purposes of vengeance . Yet grant it ; should he give me life , burdened with his displeasure , it were a torment save for thee . I have held a place most worthy in the eyes of the kingdom ; my counsel ...
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... stern fortune and my master's coldness bar to me here the road , I will gladly - so thou wilt go with me - wander to some remote land , where the way is open to renown . It is to be found where brave men dwell together , and the boldest ...
... stern fortune and my master's coldness bar to me here the road , I will gladly - so thou wilt go with me - wander to some remote land , where the way is open to renown . It is to be found where brave men dwell together , and the boldest ...
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... stern master is even now marking me for his victim . Thou dost start ! thou weepest ! know thou art lamenting one whom thine own folly has de- stroyed . " " I ! -how ? how have I done this ? " said the terrified girl . " It cannot be ...
... stern master is even now marking me for his victim . Thou dost start ! thou weepest ! know thou art lamenting one whom thine own folly has de- stroyed . " " I ! -how ? how have I done this ? " said the terrified girl . " It cannot be ...
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Abassa agitation Allah answered arms art thou awaited Bagdad beauty bosom breath calif calif's presence cheek cimeter Commander countenance crime danger death dervis desert dost thou earth emotion endure espial exclaimed eyes face Faithful falsehood fate father fear firmness Gabriel gazed Giaour girl grave grief hakim hand happiness harem Haroun Hassan head hear heard heart Heaven hope horror hour innocent Jahia Jasser Kadr Khatoun Khorasan knowest light lips listened look lord lute Mahmoud master Mecca Mesrour monarch once palace pale passed peace Persia poniard prayer Prince Giafar prince's princess punish replied the prince safety sayst seemed silence slave smile soon sorrow soul speak spoken stancy stern strange suffer sweet tears tell tence thee thine thou art thou canst thou hast Thou mayst thou wilt thou wouldst thought thy father's thyself Tigris trembling tremour turb turned Twill uncon uttered voice watch weep
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Page 161 - Clasp me a little longer, on the brink Of fate ! while I can feel thy dear caress ; And, when this heart hath ceased to beat — oh! think, And let it mitigate thy woe's excess, That thou hast been to me all tenderness, And friend to more than human friendship just Oh ! by that retrospect of happiness, And by the hopes of an immortal trust, God shall assuage thy pangs — when I am laid in dust ! xxx.
Page 143 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died.
Page 10 - Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace: Even so my sun one early morn did shine, With all triumphant splendour on my brow; But out!
Page 101 - Lord shall give thee a reward, wherewith thou shalt be well pleased. Did he not find thee an orphan, and hath he not taken care of thee ? and did he not find thee wandering in error, and hath he not guided thee into the truth ? and did he not find thee needy, and hath he not enriched thee ? wherefore, oppress not the orphan, neither repulse the beggar ; but declare the goodness of thy Lord.
Page 56 - When we were parted? oh ! could'st thou but know " With what a deep devotedness of woe " I wept thy absence — o'er and o'er again " Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain, " And memory, like a drop that, night and day, " Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away.
Page 189 - God save him!' no joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : but dust was thrown upon his sacred head; which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, his face still combating with tears and smiles, the badges of his grief and patience, that had not God, for some strong purpose...
Page 1 - But were it not that Time their troubler is, All that in this delightfull Gardin growes Should happy bee, and have immortall blis...
Page 153 - Verily we sent down the Koran in the night of al Kadr.1 And what shall make thee understand how excellent the night or al Kadr is ? The night of al Kadr is better than a thousand months. Therein do the angels descend, and the spirit Gabriel also, by the permission of their Lord, with his decrees concerning every matter. It is peace, until the rising of the morn.
Page 210 - Mohammedans have a tradition that the angel who notes a man's good actions has the command over him who notes his evil actions ; and that when a man does a good action, the angel of the right hand writes it down ten times, and when he commits an ill action, the same angel says to the angel of the left hand, Forbear telling it down for teve* hours ; peradventure he may pray, or may ask pardon...