Lotus and Jewel: Containing "In an Indian Temple," "A Casket of Gems," "A Queen's Revenge." With Other Poems

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Trübner, 1887 - 263 Seiten

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Seite 184 - As if those hands, like the rose-leaf, could shelter from treason wild ; " For treason was wild in the country, and villainous men had sought The life of the heir of the gadi.* To the palace in secret brought, With bribes to the base and with knifethrusts for the faithful, they made their way Through the line of the guards, and the gateways, to the hall where the women lay.
Seite 173 - O'er the Arab main Our flying flag streams back ; and backwards stream My thoughts to those fair open fields I love, City and village, maidan, jungle, grove, The temples and the rivers ! Must it seem Too great for one man's heart to say it holds So many...
Seite 185 - And laid her own dear offspring, her flesh and blood, on the floor, With the girdle of pearls around him, and the cap that the King's son wore ; While close to her heart, which was breaking, she folded the Raja's joy, And — even as the murderers lifted the purdah — she fled with his boy.
Seite 186 - Moti's son in the putta and golden cap cooed low, When the sharp blades met in his small heart, with never one moan or wince, But died with a babe's light laughter, because hedied for his Prince. " Thereby did that Rajput mother preserve the line of our Kings.
Seite 49 - SONG. NAY! if thou must depart, thou shall depart; But why so soon — oh, heart-blood of my heart ? Go then! Yet — going — turn and stay thy feet, That I may once more see that face so sweet. Once more — if never more; for swift days go As hastening waters from their fountains flow; DESTINY.

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