Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie. Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers, How justly doth a lie Draw on its head despair! Among the fragrant spirits of the bowers The boldest and the strongest still was I. Although so fair, Therefore from Heaven A stronger perfume unto me was given Than any blossom of the summer hours.
Up rose the wild old winter-king, And shook his beard of snow; "I hear the first young hard-bell ring, 'Tis time for me to go! Northward o'er the icy… - Charles Godfrey Leland
Up rose the wild old winter-king, And shook his beard of snow; "I hear the first young hard-bell ring, 'Tis time for me to go! Northward o'er the icy…
- Charles Godfrey Leland
Thought is the measure of life. - Charles Godfrey Leland
Thought is the measure of life.
Love leads to present rapture,-then to pain; But all through Love in time is healed again. - Charles Godfrey Leland
Love leads to present rapture,-then to pain; But all through Love in time is healed again.
Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie. Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers, How justly doth a lie Draw on … - Charles Godfrey Leland
Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie. Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers, How justly doth a lie Draw on …
The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won. - Charles Godfrey Leland
The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won.
The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men. - Charles Godfrey Leland
The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men.
Sweet music! sacred tongue of God. - Charles Godfrey Leland
Sweet music! sacred tongue of God.
To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in. - Charles Godfrey Leland
To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.
When in God thou believest, near God thou wilt certainly be. - Charles Godfrey Leland
When in God thou believest, near God thou wilt certainly be.
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