 Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum! Look to the blowing Rose about us — "Lo, Laughing...  Islam Under the Arabs - Page 263by Robert Durie Osborn - 1876 - 414 pagesFull view - About this book
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...their cup a round or two before. And one by one crept silently to rest. Were it not t'olly'spider-likc to spin The thread of present life away to win — What? for ourselvei who know not if we shall Breathe out the very breath we now breathe in 1" This mournful poetry,... | |
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...agreement shall we three make together?*' " Whatever you propose," we replied. " Well," said he, u let this be our engagement, that whoever among us...not folly, spider-like to spin The thread of present lite away, to win — What ? for ourselves, who know not if we shall Breathe out the very breath we... | |
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...and Thou \ Beside me singing in the Wilderness — h, Wilderness were Paradise enow ! ^ XIII. // \ Some for the Glories of This World ; and some / Sigh...Paradise to come ; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, ~) Nor heed the rumble' of a distant Drum \ 8 XIV. Look to the blowing Rose about us —... | |
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...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...Paradise to come ; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum ! XIV. Look to the blowing Rose about us — " Lo,... | |
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...loaf of Bread — and thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness, Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow. Some for the Glories of this World, and some Sigh...Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum ! • Look to the blowing Rose about us; — 'Lo!... | |
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...loaf of Bread — and thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness, Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow. Some for the Glories of this World, and some Sigh...Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum ! ', Look to the blowing Rose about us; — 'Lo! 'Laughing'... | |
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