...the most familiar stanza— A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread— and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness. Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow — is thus found in two quatrains, numbered respectively 149 and 155 in Mr. Heron-Allen's translation,...

...Old Omar gives us a more poetic version of the same thing: — " A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow I " I am not desirous in this essay of discussing the morality of any habit, as such; I simply wish...

...of Slave and Sultan scarce is known, And pity .Sultan Mahruud on his Throne. XI. Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of...Verse — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — And Wilderness is Paradise enow. XII. " How sweet is mortal Sovranty I" — think some : Others...

...name of Slave and Sultan is forgot — And Peace to Mahmiid on his golden Throne ! XII. Here with.a little Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a...the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow ! XIII. Some for the Glories of This World ; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come ; x....

...Kaikhosni ? Let Rustum cry, ' To battle ! ' as he likes, Or Hatim Tai, ' To supper ! ' — heed not you. " With me along the strip of herbage strown That just...— and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness, — O, wilderness were paradise enow." " Some for the glories of this world, and some Sigli for the...

...divides the desert from the sown, Where name of slave and sultan is forgot, — And peace to Mahmud on his golden throne ! " Here with a little bread...— and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness, — O, wilderness were paradise enow." " Some for the glories of this world, and some Sigh for the...

...and then through the rise and fall of sicksweet cadence to "the happy-ever-afterward." " A loaf of bread, beneath the bough, A flask of wine — a book of verse — and thou." This for the many. But the thinking man saves his eyes, therefore his mind, therefore his soul, from...

...Throne ! EUBAITAT OF XII. A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow ! XIIL Some for the Glories of This World ; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come ; Ah,...

...his golden Throne 1 XII. A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow ! XIII. Some for the Glories of This World ; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come ; Ah,...

...their converse ? " HALLAM. " A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou Beside me singing in the wilderness, — Oh, wilderness were Paradise enow!" FROM THE PERSIAN. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. CHAPTER VIII. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. TT was a glorious...