Lalla RookhGall & Inglis, 1859 - 172 páginas |
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... blood to seal , as genuine and divine , What dazzling mimickry of God's own power Hath the bold Prophet plann'd to grace this hour ? Not such the pageant now , though not less proud ; Yon warrior youth , advancing from the crowd , With ...
... blood to seal , as genuine and divine , What dazzling mimickry of God's own power Hath the bold Prophet plann'd to grace this hour ? Not such the pageant now , though not less proud ; Yon warrior youth , advancing from the crowd , With ...
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... blood , " For truths too heavenly to be understood ; " And your State Priests , sole vendors of the lore , " That works salvation ; -as on Ava's shore , A kind of lantern formerly used by robbers , called the Hand of Glory , the candle ...
... blood , " For truths too heavenly to be understood ; " And your State Priests , sole vendors of the lore , " That works salvation ; -as on Ava's shore , A kind of lantern formerly used by robbers , called the Hand of Glory , the candle ...
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... I spoke that vow , " Their blue lips echo'd it - I hear them now ! " Their eyes glar'd on me , while I pledg'd that bowl , " " Twas burning blood - I feel it in my soul ! " And the Veil'd Bridegroom - hist ! I've seen 54 LALLA ROOKI .
... I spoke that vow , " Their blue lips echo'd it - I hear them now ! " Their eyes glar'd on me , while I pledg'd that bowl , " " Twas burning blood - I feel it in my soul ! " And the Veil'd Bridegroom - hist ! I've seen 54 LALLA ROOKI .
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... blood ! Twice hath the sun upon their conflict set , And ris'n again , and found them grappling yet : While streams of carnage in his noontide blaze , Smoke up to Heav'n - hot as that crimson haze By which the prostrate Caravan is aw'd ...
... blood ! Twice hath the sun upon their conflict set , And ris'n again , and found them grappling yet : While streams of carnage in his noontide blaze , Smoke up to Heav'n - hot as that crimson haze By which the prostrate Caravan is aw'd ...
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... blood , Had all God's seraphs round MOKANNA stood , With swords of fire , ready like fate to fall , MOKANNA'S Soul would have defied them all ; - Yet now , the rush of fugitives , too strong For human force , hurries ev'n him along ; In ...
... blood , Had all God's seraphs round MOKANNA stood , With swords of fire , ready like fate to fall , MOKANNA'S Soul would have defied them all ; - Yet now , the rush of fugitives , too strong For human force , hurries ev'n him along ; In ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Acbar angels Arab AZIM beautiful beneath bird blest bliss blood bowers breath breath'd bright brow burning Caliph called Cashmere charm cheek dark dead dear death deep Delhi dread dream e'er earth ev'n eyes FADLADEEN falchion FERAMORZ Ferishta fire flame flowers gardens GAZNA Genii Ghebers gleam glory gold golden HAFED Haram hath heart heaven holy hour hung hyæna India Indian IRAN's Khorassan King Koran Lake LALLA ROOKH light lips look look'd lov'd lover lute maid minarets MOKANNA moonlight Moslem mountain Naphtha never night NOURMAHAL o'er pass'd PERI Persian poet Princess pure round ruin'd 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 tree turn'd Twas veil warm wave wild wings wretch young youth ZELICA
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Página 90 - Go wing thy flight from star to star, '. From world to luminous world, as far " As the universe spreads its flaming wall ; " Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, " And multiply each through endless years, " One minute of Heaven is worth them all!
Página 100 - 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.
Página 96 - Some flow'rets of Eden ye still inherit, But the trail of the Serpent is over them all...
Página 98 - That I can live, and let thee go, Who art my life itself? — No, no — When the stem dies, the leaf that grew Out of its heart must perish too ! Then turn to me, my own love, turn, Before like thee I fade and burn ; Cling to these yet cool lips, and share The last pure life that lingers there...
Página 96 - No voice, well known through many a day, To speak the last, the parting word, Which, when all other sounds decay, Is still like distant music heard. That tender farewell on the shore Of this rude world, when all is o'er, Which cheers the spirit, ere its bark Puts off into the unknown dark.
Página 93 - Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, "My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. Though foul are the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain the purest rill, That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss...
Página 103 - Syria's thousand minarets ! The boy has started from the bed Of flowers where he had laid his head, And down upon the fragrant sod Kneels, with his forehead to the south, Lisping th...
Página 89 - Mid flowers that never shall fade or fall: Though mine are the gardens of earth and sea, And the stars themselves have flowers for me, One blossom of heaven outblooms them all!
Página 151 - Whose liquid flame is born of them ! When, 'stead of one unchanging breeze, There blow a thousand gentle airs, And each a different perfume bears, As if the loveliest plants and trees Had vassal breezes of their own To watch and wait on them alone, And waft no other breath than theirs : When the blue waters rise and fall, In sleepy sunshine mantling all ; And even that swell the tempest leaves Is like the full and silent heaves Of lovers' hearts when newly blest, Too newly to be quite at rest.
Página 122 - Playful she turned, that he might see The passing smile her cheek put on ; But when she marked how mournfully His eyes met hers, that smile was gone ; And, bursting into heartfelt tears, 'Yes, yes...