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THE KASÎDAH I — • — Mine eyes, my brain, my heart, are sad,—sad is the very core of me; All wearies, changes, passes, ends; alas! the Birthday’s injury! Friends of my youth, a last adieu! haply some day we meet again; Yet ne’er the self-same men shall meet; the years shall make us other … Read more

THE KASÎDAH I — • — ’Tis theirs to pass with joy and hope, whose souls shall ever thrill and fill Dreams of the Birthplace and the Tomb, visions of Allah’s Holy Hill.* But we? Another shift of scene, another pang to rack the heart; Why meet we on the bridge of Time to ’change … Read more

THE KASÎDAH I — • — The Golden Gates swing right and left; up springs the Sun with flamy brow; The dew-cloud melts in gush of light; brown Earth is bathed in morning-glow. Slowly they wind athwart the wild, and while young Day his anthem swells, Sad falls upon my yearning ear the tinkling of … Read more

THE KASÎDAH I — • — THE hour is nigh; the waning Queen walks forth to rule the later night; Crown’d with the sparkle of a Star, and throned on orb of ashen light. The Wolf-tail* sweeps the paling East to leave a deeper gloom behind; And Dawn uprears her shining head, sighing with semblance … Read more