Lalla Rookh: An Oriental RomanceLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 - 405 The daughter of the Mughal emperor is engaged to the young king of Bactria. She goes to meet him, but falls in love with a poet she meets on the way. As Lalla Rookh enters the palace of her bridegroom she is delighted to find that the poet of her affection was none other than the prince to whom she was engaged. |
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... live or fear'd to die ; Lorn as the hung - up lute , that ne'er hath spoken Since the sad day its master - chord was broken ! Fond maid , the sorrow of her soul was such , Ev'n reason sunk blighted beneath its touch ; And though , ere ...
... live or fear'd to die ; Lorn as the hung - up lute , that ne'er hath spoken Since the sad day its master - chord was broken ! Fond maid , the sorrow of her soul was such , Ev'n reason sunk blighted beneath its touch ; And though , ere ...
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... lives , though Reason's self be wreck'd , Safe ' mid the ruins of her intellect ! Alas , poor ZELICA ! it needed all The fantasy , which held thy mind in thrall , To see in that gay Haram's glowing maids A sainted colony for Eden's ...
... lives , though Reason's self be wreck'd , Safe ' mid the ruins of her intellect ! Alas , poor ZELICA ! it needed all The fantasy , which held thy mind in thrall , To see in that gay Haram's glowing maids A sainted colony for Eden's ...
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... live , the wanton of a fiend ! to be " The pander of his guilt — oh infamy ! - 7 " It is commonly said in Persia , that if a man breathe in the hot south - wind , which in June or July passes over that flower ( the Kerzereh ) , it will ...
... live , the wanton of a fiend ! to be " The pander of his guilt — oh infamy ! - 7 " It is commonly said in Persia , that if a man breathe in the hot south - wind , which in June or July passes over that flower ( the Kerzereh ) , it will ...
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... lives ! ' - 9 Circum easdem ripas ( Nili , viz . ) ales est Ibis . Ea serpentium populatur ova , gratissimamque ex his escam nidis suis refert . - Solinus . 66 And , now thou see'st my soul's angelic hue 46 LALLA ROOKH .
... lives ! ' - 9 Circum easdem ripas ( Nili , viz . ) ales est Ibis . Ea serpentium populatur ova , gratissimamque ex his escam nidis suis refert . - Solinus . 66 And , now thou see'st my soul's angelic hue 46 LALLA ROOKH .
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... lives , " To know no bliss but that which virtue gives , " And when he dies , to leave his lofty name " A light , a land - mark on the cliffs of fame ? " It was not so , land of the generous thought " And daring deed ! thy godlike sages ...
... lives , " To know no bliss but that which virtue gives , " And when he dies , to leave his lofty name " A light , a land - mark on the cliffs of fame ? " It was not so , land of the generous thought " And daring deed ! thy godlike sages ...
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angels Arab AZIM beautiful beneath bird blest bliss blood bowers breath breath'd bright brow burning Caliph called Cashmere charm cheek D'Herbelot dark dead dear death deep Delhi dread dream e'er earth ev'n eyes FADLADEEN falchion FERAMORZ Ferdosi Ferishta fire flame flowers gardens GAZNA Ghebers gleam glory gold golden Greek fire HAFED Haram hath heart heaven holy hour hung hyæna India IRAN's Khorassan King Koran Lake LALLA ROOKH light lips look look'd lov'd lover lute maid MOKANNA moonlight Moslem mountain Naptha never night NOURMAHAL o'er PERI Persian Princess pure round Scott Waring seem'd shade sherbets shining SHIRAZ shone sigh skies slave sleep smile soul sound sparkling spirit star stood sunk sweet sword tears thee thine thou throne Tibet Transoxiania tree turn'd twas veil warm wave Waved plates wild wings wretch young youth ZELICA
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