Poems: A blot in the 'scutcheonTicknor, Reed and Fields, 1850 |
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... as giving a loose to exultation , - Kar . The moon is carried off in purple fire : Day breaks at last ! Break glory , with the day , On Djabal's dread incarnate mystery Now ready to resume its pristine shape Of Hakeem ,
... as giving a loose to exultation , - Kar . The moon is carried off in purple fire : Day breaks at last ! Break glory , with the day , On Djabal's dread incarnate mystery Now ready to resume its pristine shape Of Hakeem ,
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... Hakeem now That day breaks ! Kar . Off then , with disguise at last ! As from our forms this hateful garb we strip , Lose every tongue its glozing accent too , Discard each limb the ignoble gesture ! Cry , ' Tis the Druse Nation ...
... Hakeem now That day breaks ! Kar . Off then , with disguise at last ! As from our forms this hateful garb we strip , Lose every tongue its glozing accent too , Discard each limb the ignoble gesture ! Cry , ' Tis the Druse Nation ...
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... Hakeem ; and before us , Lebanon ! Yields the porch ? Spare not ! There his minions dragged Thy daughter , Karshook ... Hakeem's dreaded shape , — Dispute you for these gauds ? Ay . How say'st thou , Khalil ? Doubtless our Master prompts ...
... Hakeem ; and before us , Lebanon ! Yields the porch ? Spare not ! There his minions dragged Thy daughter , Karshook ... Hakeem's dreaded shape , — Dispute you for these gauds ? Ay . How say'st thou , Khalil ? Doubtless our Master prompts ...
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... Hakeem rise again , According to his word that , in the flesh Which faded on Mokattam ages since , He , at our extreme need , would interpose , And , reinstating all in power and bliss , Lead us himself to Lebanon once more . Was ' THE ...
... Hakeem rise again , According to his word that , in the flesh Which faded on Mokattam ages since , He , at our extreme need , would interpose , And , reinstating all in power and bliss , Lead us himself to Lebanon once more . Was ' THE ...
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... Hakeem , the incarnate Dread , The phantasm Khalif , King of Prodigies ! Kha . And as he said hath not our Khalif done , And so disposed events ( from land to land Passing invisibly ) that when , this morn , The pact of villany complete ...
... Hakeem , the incarnate Dread , The phantasm Khalif , King of Prodigies ! Kha . And as he said hath not our Khalif done , And so disposed events ( from land to land Passing invisibly ) that when , this morn , The pact of villany complete ...
Términos y frases comunes
Anael arms Austin bezants blood Brac Braccio breast breath brow cheek Chiappino dare dead deed Djabal DOMIZIA doubt dream Druses Duke Enter eyes face Faenza faith Florence Florentines Gerard give God's gold Guards Guen Guendolen guilders Hakeem hand head hear heard heart Heaven hold Jacynth keep Khalil knew Lady laugh leave Lebanon lips live look Lord Tresham Loys Lucca Luit Luitolfo Luria Masaccio Mertoun Mildred neath never night Nuncio o'er Ogni once past Pisa praise Prefect pride Provost Puccio round seemed shame silent soul speak spoke stand stood sure sure as fate sword tell thee there's Theseus thine Thorold thou art thought thro Tiburzio Tresh tribe trust truth turn twas Venice voice What's word wrong
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Página 320 - Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I...
Página 312 - You should have heard the Hamelin people Ringing the bells till they rocked the steeple. 'Go,' cried the Mayor, 'and get long poles! Poke out the nests and block up the holes! Consult with carpenters and builders, And leave in our town not even a trace Of the rats ! ' — when suddenly, up the face Of the Piper perked in the market-place, With a 'First, if you please, my thousand guilders!
Página 319 - So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle, bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And "Gallop," gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight!
Página 346 - Old Gandolf with his paltry onion-stone, Put me where I may look at him! True peach, Rosy and flawless: how I earned the prize! Draw close: that conflagration of my church — What then? So much was saved if aught were missed!
Página 318 - ... other; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Página 258 - Fra Pandolf" by design, for never read Strangers like you that pictured countenance, The depth and passion of its earnest glance, But to myself they turned (since none puts by The curtain I have drawn for you, but I...
Página 266 - Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect By just his horse's mane, a boy: You hardly could suspect — (So tight he kept his lips compressed, Scarce any blood came through) You looked twice ere you saw his breast Was all but shot in two.
Página 306 - HAMELIN Town's in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city; The river Weser, deep and wide, Washes its wall on the southern side; A pleasanter spot you never spied ; But, when begins my ditty, Almost five hundred years ago, To see the townsfolk suffer so From vermin, was a pity.
Página 310 - Smiling first a little smile, As if he knew what magic slept In his quiet pipe the while; Then, like a musical adept, To blow the pipe his lips he wrinkled, And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled, Like a...
Página 319 - Aix" — for one heard the quick wheeze Of her chest, saw the stretched neck and staggering knees, And sunk tail, and horrible heave of the flank, As down on her haunches she shuddered and sank.