Oriental Literature eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 191 pages of information about Oriental Literature.

Oriental Literature eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 191 pages of information about Oriental Literature.
Table of Contents
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Start of eBook1
ARABIAN POETRY1
ARABIAN NIGHTS1
THE ROMANCE OF ANTAR1
INTRODUCTION1
THE EARLY FORTUNES OF ANTAR3
KHALED AND DJAIDA9
THE ABSIANS AND FAZAREANS17
SELECTIONS FROM ARABIAN POETRY33
INTRODUCTION33
AN ELEGY[1]34
THE TOMB OF MANO36
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 ENEMIES38
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 COMPANIONS42
TO A LADY WEEPING[19]43
ON A VALETUDINARIAN43
ON A MISER43
TO CASSIM OBIO ALLAH[20]43
A FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY[21]43
TO A CAT44
AN EPIGRAM UPON EBN NAPHTA-WAH[22]44
FIRE[23]44
TO A LADY BLUSHING[24]44
ON THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE45
TO A DOVE45
ON A THUNDER STORM45
TO MY FAVORITE MISTRESS45
CRUCIFIXION OF EBN BAKIAH[25]46
CAPRICES OF FORTUNE[26]46
ON LIFE46
EXTEMPORE VERSES[27]47
ON THE DEATH OF A SON[28]47
TO LEILA47
THE VALE OF BOZAA[30]48
TO ADVERSITY[31]49
ON THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF PRIDE AND TRUE GLORY[32]49
THE DEATH OF NEDHAM ALMOLK49
LINES TO A LOVER49
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 LADY51
ON A LITTLE MAN WITH A VERY LARGE BEARD52
LAMIAT ALAJEM[38]52
TO YOUTH55
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 INTERVIEW57
ARABIAN NIGHTS57
THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINDBAD57
FIRST VOYAGE59
SECOND VOYAGE62
THIRD VOYAGE66
FOURTH VOYAGE70
FIFTH VOYAGE75
SIXTH VOYAGE78
SEVENTH AND LAST VOYAGE82
ALADDIN’S WONDERFUL LAMP86
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