Oriental Literature, Volumen38

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Richard James Horatio Gottheil, Epiphanius Wilson
Colonial Press, 1900
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Página 461 - Bards of power Had sung their claims. " The rose can never tower Like the pale lily with her Juno mien " — " But is the lily lovelier? " Thus between Flower-factions rang the strife in Psyche's bower. " Give me a flower delicious as the rose And stately as the lily in her pride " —
Página 422 - All look for thee, Love, Light, and Song, Light in the sky deep red above, Song, in the lark of pinions strong, And in my heart, true Love.
Página 378 - E'en in untutored brutes, the female sex Is marked by inborn subtlety — much more In beings gifted with intelligence. The wily Koil, ere towards the sky She wings her sportive flight, commits her eggs To other nests, and artfully consigns The rearing of her little ones to strangers.
Página 412 - Fairest of women, banish from thy mind The memory of my cruelty ; reproach The fell delusion that o'erpowered my soul, And blame not me, thy husband ; 'tis the curse Of him in whom the power of darkness reigns, That he mistakes the gifts of those he loves For deadly evils.
Página 359 - I ought indeed to be grateful for your kind offices, now that I am so soon to be deprived of them. Dear, dear friends, perhaps I shall never be dressed by you again. [Bursts into tears.
Página 344 - Sakoontala seems indeed to be seriously ill. [Thoughtfully.} Can it be the intensity of the heat that has affected her? or does my heart suggest the true cause of her malady? [Gazing at her passionately.} Why should I doubt it? The maiden's spotless bosom is o'erspread With cooling balsam ; on her slender arm Her only bracelet, twined with lotus stalks, Hangs loose and withered; her recumbent form Expresses languor.
Página 461 - Sharp contrasts of all colors here are seen; The light-green graceful tamarinds abound Amid the mango clumps of green profound, And palms arise, like pillars gray, between; And o'er the quiet pools the seemuls lean, Red — red, and startling like a trumpet's sound.
Página 376 - Aside). What charms are here revealed before mine eyes! Truly no blemish mars the symmetry Of that fair form; yet can I ne'er believe She is my wedded wife; and like a bee That circles round the flower whose nectared cup Teems with the dew of morning, I must pause Ere eagerly I taste the proffered sweetness.
Página 351 - Sighing]. — Alas ! how many are the obstacles to the accomplishment of our wishes ! Albeit she did coyly turn away Her glowing cheek, and with her fingers guard Her pouting lips, that murmured a denial In faltering accents, she did yield herself A sweet reluctant captive to my will, As eagerly I raised her lovely face : But ere with gentle force I stole the kiss, Too envious Fate did mar my daring purpose. Whither now shall I betake myself? I will tarry for a brief space in this bower of creepers,...
Página 22 - tis not blindly prating what the priest may prate, But to love, as God hath loved them, all things, be they small or great ; And true bliss is when a sane mind doth a healthy body fill ; And true knowledge is the knowing what is good and what is ill.

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