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Book Of Suleika - Suleika 04
Book Of Suleika - Suleika 04
WITH what inward joy, sweet lay,
I thy meaning have descried!
Lovingly thou seem'st to say
That I'm ever by his …
Book Of Suleika - Suleika 02
Book Of Suleika - Suleika 02
WHAT is by this stir reveal'd?
Doth the East glad tidings bring?
For my heart's deep wounds are heal'd
By his mi…
Book Of Suleika - Love For Love
Book Of Suleika - Love For Love
LOVE for love, and moments sweet,
Lips returning kiss for kiss,
Word for word, and eyes that meet;
Breath for…
Book Of Suleika - Hatem 03
Book Of Suleika - Hatem 03
HOLD me, locks, securely caught
In the circle of her face!
Dear brown serpents, I have nought
To repay this act of…
Book Of Paradise - The Privileged Men
Book Of Paradise - The Privileged Men
AFTER THE BATTLE OF BADE, BENEATH THE CANOPY OF HEAVEN.
MAHOMET (Speaks).
LET the foeman sorrow o'er his dead…
Book Of Suleika - Hatem 01
Book Of Suleika - Hatem 01
NOT occasion makes the thief;
She's the greatest of the whole;
For Love's relics, to my grief,
From my aching hear…
Book Of Parables - In The Koran With Strange Delight
Book Of Parables - In The Koran With Strange Delight
In the Koran with strange delight
A peacock's feather met my sight:
Thou'rt welcome in this holy pla…
Book Of Parables - Bulbul's Song
Book Of Parables - Bulbul's Song
BULBUL'S song, through night hours cold,
Rose to Allah's throne on high;
To reward her melody,
Giveth …
Book Of Love - Love's Torments
Book Of Love - Love's Torments
LOVE's torments sought a place of rest,
Where all might drear and lonely be;
They found ere long my desert breast,
A…
Book Of Love - The Types
Book Of Love - The Types
LIST, and in memory bear
These six fond loving pair.
Love, when aroused, kept true
Rustan and Rad!
Strangers approac…
Book Of Contemplation - Suleika
Book Of Contemplation - Suleika
THE mirror tells me, I am fair!
Thou sayest, to grow old my fate will be.
Nought in God's presence changeth e'er,--…
Book Of Hafis - The Unlimited
Book Of Hafis - The Unlimited
THAT thou can't never end, doth make thee great,
And that thou ne'er beginnest, is thy fate.
Thy song is changeful as yon s…
Blindman's Buff
Blindman's Buff
OH, my Theresa dear!
Thine eyes, I greatly fear,
Can through the bandage see!
Although thine eyes are bound,
By t…
Book Of Contemplation - Five Things
Book Of Contemplation - Five Things
WHAT makes time short to me?
Activity!
What makes it long and spiritless?
'Tis idleness!
Authors
Authors
OVER the meadows, and down the stream,
And through the garden-walks straying,
He plucks the flowers that fairest seem;
Ballad Of The Banished And Returning Count
Ballad Of The Banished And Returning Count
OH, enter old minstrel, thou time-honour'd one!
We children are here in the hall all alone,
The portals …
Apparent Death
Apparent Death
WEEP, maiden, weep here o'er the tomb of Love;
He died of nothing--by mere chance was slain.
But is he really dead?--oh, that I cann…
As Broad As It's Long
As Broad As It's Long
MODEST men must needs endure,
And the bold must humbly bow;
Thus thy fate's the same, be sure,
Whether bold or modest t…
Another
Another
Go! obedient to my call,
Turn to profit thy young days,
Wiser make betimes thy breast
In Fate's balance as it sways,
Anacreon's Grave
Anacreon's Grave
HERE where the roses blossom, where vines round the laurels are twining,
Where the turtle-dove calls, where the blithe cricket is heard,
After-Sensations
After-Sensations
WHEN the vine again is blowing,
Then the wine moves in the cask;
When the rose again is glowing,
Wherefore should I fe…
A Symbol
A Symbol
THE mason's trade Observe them well,
Resembles life, And watch them revealing
With all its strife,--How solemn feeling
Is like…
A Legacy
A Legacy
No living atom comes at last to naught!
Active in each is still the eternal Thought:
Hold fast to Being if thou wouldst be blest.
Being is…
A Parable
A Parable
I PICKED a rustic nosegay lately,
And bore it homewards, musing greatly;
When, heated by my hand, I found
The heads all drooping tow'rd t…