Nourmahal, an Oriental romance. Vol. 3 of 3

Tell him the balmy breath of spring Hath waked from winter sleep The hills and vales;--that on the wing In airy circles sweep The blithesome birds from tree to tree, Sweet minst...

Oh! that I were a shepherd boy, Upon some green hill side; Fair flocks and herds my only joy, A pipe my only pride! Then far from war and thee I’d stray In search of peace alone...

Chunder’s announcement of the approach of the emperor suspended the conference, in which the hermit was engaged with the three foreign dervishes. Zeinedeen, as well as his visit...

I myself will take of the marrow of the high cedar, and will set it: on the high mountains of Israel will I plant it; and it shall become a great cedar, and every fowl shall mak...

Sing, sing them forth Songs of the past-away, To mingle with the woe and mirth, And music of to-day: Legends of other hours, Stray leaves of faded flowers, Sing, sing them forth!

Within his halls are heard the songs of joy, The clash of cymbals, and the thrilling notes Of harps, and drums, and merry feet are seen Winding the Labyrinthine dance. But hark!...

Hark! ’tis the thunder of the war, They call, the trumpets shrill; Arise, go forth. Alas! ’tis vain,-- Thy gallant heart is still! A banner waves above thy head, And laurels dec...

When morn is waking in its mirth, And flowers are softly weeping, The quiet bosom of the earth In pearly dew-drops steeping: I love to feel the zephyr’s sigh, To list the wild b...

Bochari was, for the moment, astounded at the firmness exhibited by the emperor. But he felt that he had no time to lose in taking his measures; the question now concerned his o...

Oh, Death! Death! Thou art a great avenger. ’Tis when thy arrow hath thy victim pierced, That those, who mourn the lost, begin to know His virtues, and remember in their heart O...

As the escort pursued their journey from day to day, they were occasionally joined by stragglers from the main body of the army, who seemed full of some extraordinary intelligen...

Never was the return of morning expected with more anxiety by Nourmahal, than during that night, which to her, particularly, appeared as if it would never end. For the first hou...

A general sense of alarm appeared to pervade the population of Agra, upon its being made known that the emperor had returned to his palace, without any of those exhibitions of t...

Nor did Nourmahal confine herself to these occupations, although, in a profitable point of view, they were the most productive in which she could have been engaged. The prices t...

“Patience, my sovereign--patience, but for a little time further, and you will find that the policy we have adopted was the only one that could have guided you safely, through t...

Love ye the moon? Behold her face! And there the lucid planet trace. If breath of musky fragrance please, Her balmy odours scent the breeze. Possessed of every sportive wile, ’T...

While the emperor, Auzeem, and Kazim, were still in consultation as to the course which they ought to pursue, several discharges of fire-arms were heard from the lower parts of...

“Stay awhile. I am not sure yet whether I shall adhere to my original purpose. These rajaputs, they have served me well in that tumult. They rescued my own life from peril. But...

It was with the utmost difficulty that Mangeli, even with all the assistance she could receive from her affectionate child and consort, maintained her presence of mind, during t...

“In the morning, when the raven of night had flown away, the bird of dawn began to sing; the nightingales warbled their enchanting notes, and rent the thin veils of the rose-bud...