The Curse of Kehama, Volume 2 (of 2)

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2. Long time they travell'd on; at dawn of day Still setting forward with the earliest light, {29} Nor ceasing from their way Till darkness clos'd the night. Short refuge from t...

2. Why art not thou among the festive throng, {57} Baly, O Mighty One! to hear thy fame? Still as of yore, with pageantry and song The glowing streets along, They celebrate thy...

1. Swift as an arrow in its flight The Ship shot through the incumbent night; And they have left behind The raging billows and the roaring wind, The storm, the darkness, and all...

10. Oh what a gorgeous sight it was to see The Diamond City blazing on its height With more than mid-sun splendour, by the light {118} Of its own fiery river! Its towers and dom...

The materials of which these houses are made are always easy to be procured, and the structure is so simple, that a spacious, and by no means uncomfortable dwelling, suited to t...

The Brahmans who officiate at the temples generally go with their heads uncovered, and the upper part of the body naked. The _Zennar_, or sacred string, is hung round the body f...

But that the reproach of over-much credulity may not lie upon _Cardan_ alone, Scaliger, who lay at catch with him to take him tripping wherever he could, cavils not with any thi...

"There is a fair and stately mountain, and its name is _Meroo_, a most exalted mass of glory, reflecting the sunny {203} rays from the splendid surface of its gilded horns. It i...