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... earth , Where a little woman was making cakes , In the ashes on the hearth . And being faint with fasting- For the day was almost done- He asked her , from her store of cakes , To give him a single . one . So she made a very little cake ...
... earth , Where a little woman was making cakes , In the ashes on the hearth . And being faint with fasting- For the day was almost done- He asked her , from her store of cakes , To give him a single . one . So she made a very little cake ...
Page 97
... earth and sky seem to meet . en eămped ' , set up tents . sole , only . gushed , flowed rapidly ; poured . ALI , THE BOY CAMEL DRIVER . PART I. Hassan was a camel driver who dwelt at Gaza . It was his business to go with cara- vans ...
... earth and sky seem to meet . en eămped ' , set up tents . sole , only . gushed , flowed rapidly ; poured . ALI , THE BOY CAMEL DRIVER . PART I. Hassan was a camel driver who dwelt at Gaza . It was his business to go with cara- vans ...
Page 101
... earth . After the storm had passed , they arose to continue their journey . But the sand had been so blown as to cover the beaten track , and thus all trace of the road was lost . The camel drivers who led the way stood still , and said ...
... earth . After the storm had passed , they arose to continue their journey . But the sand had been so blown as to cover the beaten track , and thus all trace of the road was lost . The camel drivers who led the way stood still , and said ...
Page 112
... earth hardened by fire . " The walls of the houses had holes to let in light ; but to prevent the cold air and rain from coming in , they were cov- ered with a sort of transparent stone , made of melted sand . 66 " As wood was rather ...
... earth hardened by fire . " The walls of the houses had holes to let in light ; but to prevent the cold air and rain from coming in , they were cov- ered with a sort of transparent stone , made of melted sand . 66 " As wood was rather ...
Page 115
... earth hardened by fire . The walls have holes to let in the light . They were covered with a sort of transparent stone . They drink water in which dry leaves have been steeped . Many wore cloth woven from a sort of wool grown in pods ...
... earth hardened by fire . The walls have holes to let in the light . They were covered with a sort of transparent stone . They drink water in which dry leaves have been steeped . Many wore cloth woven from a sort of wool grown in pods ...
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Page 338 - Her deck, once red with heroes' blood, Where knelt the vanquished foe, When winds were hurrying o'er the flood, And waves were white below, No more shall feel the victor's tread, Or know the conquered knee; The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea!
Page 287 - I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges.
Page 289 - I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by hazel covers; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow for happy lovers. I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, Among my skimming swallows; I make the netted sunbeam dance Against my sandy shallows. I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses; I linger by my shingly bars; I loiter round my cresses; And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river: For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Page 338 - AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck once red with heroes...
Page 194 - Twas so bold that it feared not to play its joke With the doctor's wig, and the gentleman's cloak.
Page 325 - On Brador's rocks are shed, And the noisy murr are flying, Like black scuds, overhead ; Where in mist the rock is hiding, And the sharp reef lurks below, And the white squall smites in summer, And the autumn tempests blow ; Where, through gray and rolling vapor, From evening unto morn, A thousand boats are hailing, Horn answering unto horn.
Page 359 - Roushan's tasselled cap of red Trembled not upon his head, Careless sat he and upright ; Neither hand nor bridle shook, Nor his head he turned to look, As he galloped out of sight. Flash of harness in the air, Seen a moment like the glare Of a sword drawn from its sheath ; Thus the phantom horseman passed, And the shadow that he cast Leaped the cataract underneath. Reyhan the Arab held his breath While this vision of life and death Passed above him. " Allahu !
Page 193 - The wind one morning sprang up from sleep, Saying, "Now for a frolic! now for a leap! Now for a madcap galloping chase! I'll make a commotion in every place!
Page 288 - I chatter over stony ways In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow.
Page 206 - The day passed on, and we became hungry. Many wild beasts came plunging into the water beside us, and others swam across to our side and stood still. Although faint and weary, I managed to shoot a porcupine, and we all tasted its flesh. The night passed I cannot tell you how.