The works of Thomas Moore, comprehending all his melodies, ballads, etc, Volume 1Galignani, 1823 |
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... birds that fan The flying throne of star - taught SOLIMAN ! Then thus he spoke ; - " Stranger , though new the " frame " Thy soul inhabits now , I've track'd its flame " For many an age , * in every chance and change " Of that Existence ...
... birds that fan The flying throne of star - taught SOLIMAN ! Then thus he spoke ; - " Stranger , though new the " frame " Thy soul inhabits now , I've track'd its flame " For many an age , * in every chance and change " Of that Existence ...
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... world his own : - Light , lovely limbs , to which the spirit's play Gave motion , airy as the dancing spray , When from its stem the small bird wings away ! Lips in whose rosy labyrinth , when she smiled , 30 LALLA ROOKH .
... world his own : - Light , lovely limbs , to which the spirit's play Gave motion , airy as the dancing spray , When from its stem the small bird wings away ! Lips in whose rosy labyrinth , when she smiled , 30 LALLA ROOKH .
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... birds o'er the deep ! " All shall combine their witching powers to steep ( 6 My convert's spirit in that softening trance , " From which to Heaven is but the next advance ; " That glowing , yielding fusion of the breast , " On which ...
... birds o'er the deep ! " All shall combine their witching powers to steep ( 6 My convert's spirit in that softening trance , " From which to Heaven is but the next advance ; " That glowing , yielding fusion of the breast , " On which ...
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... bird that dares with teazing hum " Within the crocodile's stretch'd jaws to come ! * " And so thou'lt fly , forsooth ? -what ! —give up Thy chaste dominion in the Haram Hall , " Where now to Love and now to ALLA given , 66 66 all Half ...
... bird that dares with teazing hum " Within the crocodile's stretch'd jaws to come ! * " And so thou'lt fly , forsooth ? -what ! —give up Thy chaste dominion in the Haram Hall , " Where now to Love and now to ALLA given , 66 66 all Half ...
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... bird loves the slime that gives “ That rank and venomous food on which she lives ! * " And , now thou see'st my soul's angelic hue , " " Tis time these features were uncurtain❜d too ; — " This brow , whose light - oh , rare celestial ...
... bird loves the slime that gives “ That rank and venomous food on which she lives ! * " And , now thou see'st my soul's angelic hue , " " Tis time these features were uncurtain❜d too ; — " This brow , whose light - oh , rare celestial ...
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angels Arab beautiful beneath bird bless'd bliss blood bowers breath bright brow Bucharia burning Caliph called Cashmere charm cheek D'HERBELOT dark dead dear death deep Delhi dread dream e'er earth eyes FADLADEEN falchion FERAMORZ fire flame flowers gardens Genii Ghebers glance gleam glory gold golden groves HAFED Haram hath heart Heaven holy hour hung hyæna India IRAN IRAN's isles Khorassan King Koran Lahore Lake LALLA ROOKH light lips live look look'd lover lute maid minarets MOKANNA moonlight Moslem mountain Naptha never night NOURMAHAL nymph o'er pass'd PERI Persian poet Princess pure round ruin'd seem'd shade 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 Transoxiania tree turn'd Twas veil wave wild wings wretch young youth ZELICA
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Page 287 - Alas — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships, that have gone down at sea, When Heaven was all tranquillity...
Page 145 - ... dark flood of his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace!
Page 66 - And a dew was distill'd from their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Thus memory draws from delight, ere it dies, An essence that breathes of it many a year ; Thus bright to my soul, as 'twas then to my eyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm BENDEMEER.
Page 142 - Upon a brow more fierce than that — Sullenly fierce — a mixture dire, Like thunder-clouds, of gloom, and fire ; In which the Peri's eye could read Dark tales of many a ruthless deed...
Page 65 - And a dew was distill'd from their flowers that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Thus memory draws from delight, ere it dies, , An essence that breathes of it many a year ; Thus bright to my soul, as 'twas then to my eyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm Bendemeer...
Page 146 - And now — behold him kneeling there By the child's side, in humble prayer, While the same sunbeam shines upon The guilty and the guiltless one, And hymns of joy proclaim through heaven The triumph of a soul forgiven...
Page 137 - Nymph of a fair but erring line ! " Gently he said — " one hope is thine. "Tis written in the Book of Fate, The Peri yet may be forgiven Who brings to this eternal gate The gift that is most dear to heaven ! Go seek it, and redeem thy sin, — 'Tis sweet to let the pardoned in.
Page 144 - Lisping th' eternal name of God From purity's own cherub mouth, And looking, while his hands and eyes Are lifted to the glowing skies, Like a stray babe of Paradise, Just lighted on that flowery plain, And seeking for its home again...
Page 176 - I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; " I never loved a tree or flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nursed a dear gazelle, " To glad me with its soft black eye, " But when it came to know me well, " And love me, it was sure to die...
Page 221 - How calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly hour, when storms are gone ; When warring winds have died away, And clouds, beneath the glancing ray, Melt off, and leave the land and sea Sleeping in bright tranquillity...