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... Mecca that could rival Abd - al - Waheb in wealth , magnificence , and generosity . The caravans of pilgrims , as they an- nually visited the Kaaba , brought the rich stuffs of Persia and India , the unrivalled steel of Damascus , and ...
... Mecca that could rival Abd - al - Waheb in wealth , magnificence , and generosity . The caravans of pilgrims , as they an- nually visited the Kaaba , brought the rich stuffs of Persia and India , the unrivalled steel of Damascus , and ...
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... Mecca , accompanied by his daughter Werdeh ( the rose ) , whose charms were said to surpass those of the flower whose name she bore . Abd - al - Waheb bestowed a wing of his palace on Hassan , who readily accepted it , though , mindful ...
... Mecca , accompanied by his daughter Werdeh ( the rose ) , whose charms were said to surpass those of the flower whose name she bore . Abd - al - Waheb bestowed a wing of his palace on Hassan , who readily accepted it , though , mindful ...
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... Mecca ; and to enjoy it to the utmost , Abd - al - Waheb had pleasure - houses constructed in each garden , jutting into the water ; but privacy was still preserved by a wall resting on an arch that projected from the termination of the ...
... Mecca ; and to enjoy it to the utmost , Abd - al - Waheb had pleasure - houses constructed in each garden , jutting into the water ; but privacy was still preserved by a wall resting on an arch that projected from the termination of the ...
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... silence to one whose musical skill is still remembered in Mecca . Taleb hesitated to tell his love to his father , because Hassan had often declared his determination to wed his daughter to some powerful emir TALEB AND WERDEH . 247.
... silence to one whose musical skill is still remembered in Mecca . Taleb hesitated to tell his love to his father , because Hassan had often declared his determination to wed his daughter to some powerful emir TALEB AND WERDEH . 247.
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... Mecca to meet the youth- ful poet at a sumptuous feast , where Taleb once more recited his successful ode . It is , or it ought to be , known , that when Arab men of letters meet together , their chief amusement is puzzling each other ...
... Mecca to meet the youth- ful poet at a sumptuous feast , where Taleb once more recited his successful ode . It is , or it ought to be , known , that when Arab men of letters meet together , their chief amusement is puzzling each other ...
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Page 81 - THOU unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain, And fetters, sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age, that draws us to the ground, And last, Man's Life on earth, Glide to thy dim dominions, and are bound.
Page 292 - Clarens! sweet Clarens, birth-place of deep Love! Thine air is the young breath of passionate thought; Thy trees take root in Love; the snows above The very Glaciers have his colours caught, And sun-set into rose-hues sees them wrought S1 By rays which sleep there lovingly...
Page 82 - Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly seen against the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 84 - Is this a time to be cloudy and sad, When our mother Nature laughs around ; When even the deep blue Heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground.
Page 318 - Here noble Surrey felt the sacred rage, Surrey, the Granville of a former age : Matchless his pen, victorious was his lance, Bold in the lists, and graceful in the dance...
Page 82 - Kind words, remembered voices once so sweet, Smiles, radiant long ago, And features, the great soul's apparent seat. All shall come back; each tie Of pure affection shall be knit again; Alone shall Evil die, And Sorrow dwell a prisoner in thy reign.
Page 84 - There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren, And the gossip of swallows through all the sky; The ground-squirrel gayly chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by. The clouds are at play in the azure space, And their shadows at play on the bright green vale, And here they stretch to the frolic chase, And there they roll on the easy gale. There's a dance of leaves in that aspen bower...
Page 84 - The clouds are at play in the azure space, And their shadows at play on the bright green vale, And here they stretch to the frolic chase, And there they roll on the easy gale. There's a dance of leaves in that aspen bower, There's a titter of winds in that beechen tree, There's a smile on the fruit, and a smile on the flower, And a laugh from the brook that runs to the sea.
Page 83 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast— The desert and illimitable air— Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.