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Start of eBook	1
ARABIAN POETRY	1
ARABIAN NIGHTS	1
THE ROMANCE OF ANTAR	1
INTRODUCTION	1
THE EARLY FORTUNES OF ANTAR	3
KHALED AND DJAIDA	9
THE ABSIANS AND FAZAREANS	17
SELECTIONS FROM ARABIAN POETRY	33
INTRODUCTION	33
AN ELEGY[1]	34
THE TOMB OF MANO	36
TOMB OF SAYID[2]	36
THE DEATH OF HIS MISTRESS[3]	37
ON AVARICE[4]	37
THE BATTLE OF SABLA[5]	38
VERSES TO MY ENEMIES	38
ON HIS FRIENDS[6]	38
ON TEMPER[7]	39
THE SONG OF MAISUNA[8]	39
ON FATALISM[10]	40
TO THE CALIPH HARUN-AL-RASHID[11]	40
LINES TO HARUN AND YAHIA[12]	40
THE RUIN OF BARMECIDES[13]	41
TO TAHER BEN HOSIEN[14]	41
THE ADIEU[15]	41
TO MY MISTRESS[16]	41
TO A FEMALE CUP-BEARER[17]	42
MASHDUD ON THE MONKS OF KHABBET[18]	42
RAKEEK TO HIS FEMALE COMPANIONS	42
TO A LADY WEEPING[19]	43
ON A VALETUDINARIAN	43
ON A MISER	43
TO CASSIM OBIO ALLAH[20]	43
A FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY[21]	43
TO A CAT	44
AN EPIGRAM UPON EBN NAPHTA-WAH[22]	44
FIRE[23]	44
TO A LADY BLUSHING[24]	44
ON THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE	45
TO A DOVE	45
ON A THUNDER STORM	45
TO MY FAVORITE MISTRESS	45
CRUCIFIXION OF EBN BAKIAH[25]	46
CAPRICES OF FORTUNE[26]	46
ON LIFE	46
EXTEMPORE VERSES[27]	47
ON THE DEATH OF A SON[28]	47
TO LEILA	47
THE VALE OF BOZAA[30]	48
TO ADVERSITY[31]	49
ON THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF PRIDE AND TRUE GLORY[32]	49
THE DEATH OF NEDHAM ALMOLK	49
LINES TO A LOVER	49
VERSES TO MY DAUGHTERS[33]	49
SERENADE TO MY SLEEPING MISTRESS[34]	50
THE INCONSISTENT[35]	50
THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM[36]	51
TO A LADY	51
ON A LITTLE MAN WITH A VERY LARGE BEARD	52
LAMIAT ALAJEM[38]	52
TO YOUTH	55
ON LOVE[39]	55
A REMONSTRANCE WITH A DRUNKARD[40]	56
VERSES[41]	56
ON PROCRASTINATION[42]	56
THE EARLY DEATH OF ABOU ALHASSAN ALY[43]	57
THE INTERVIEW	57
ARABIAN NIGHTS	57
THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINDBAD	57
FIRST VOYAGE	59
SECOND VOYAGE	62
THIRD VOYAGE	66
FOURTH VOYAGE	70
FIFTH VOYAGE	75
SIXTH VOYAGE	78
SEVENTH AND LAST VOYAGE	82
ALADDIN’S WONDERFUL LAMP	86

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