«O storm-cloud, the tempest's survival, alone / Like mad do you rush o'er the heavenly dome; / Alone do you cast as you drift on your way / A dark, brooding shade on the jubilant day. A short while ago you lay cloaking the sky, / And great forks of lightning flared round you on high. / You...»
«Where fierce the surge with awful bellow / Doth ever lash the rocky wall; / And where the moon most brightly mellow / Dost beam when mists of evening fall; / Where midst his harem’s countless blisses / The Moslem spends his vital span, / A Sorceress there with gentle kisses / Present...»
«There, where seas are ever crashing, / On the shores of lonely cliffs, / And where the moon glows warmer, / Through sweet hours of twilight mist, / And, wherein the harem, revelling, / The Mussluman's days pass by, / An enchantress, with caresses, / Handed me a talisman. And, ca...»
«Where the sea forever dances / Over lonely cliff and dune, / Where sweet twilight's vapor glances / In a warmer-glowing moon, / Where with the seraglio's graces / Daylong toys the Mussulman, / An enchantress 'mid embraces / Handed me a talisman. 'Mid embraces I was bidden: / "Guard ...»