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ORIENTAL LITERATURE

THE LITERATURE OF ARABIA


With Critical and Biographical Sketches by

Epiphanius Wilson, A.M.


1900




CONTENTS


THE ROMANCE OF ANTAR

Introduction
The Early Fortunes of Antar
Khaled and Djaida
The Absians and Fazareans


ARABIAN POETRY

Introduction
SELECTIONS.--
  An Elegy
  The Tomb of Mano
  Tomb of Sayid
  On the Death of His Mistress
  On Avarice
  The Battle of Sabla
  Verses to My Enemies
  On His Friends
  On Temper
  The Song of Maisuna
  To My Father
  On Fatalism
  To the Caliph Harun-al-Rashid
  Lines to Harun and Yahia
  The Ruin of Barmecides
  To Taher Ben Hosien
  The Adieu
  To My Mistress
  To a Female Cup-bearer
  Mashdud on the Monks of Khabbet
  Rakeek to His Female Companions
  Dialogue by Rais
  To a Lady Weeping
  On a Valetudinarian
  On a Miser
  To Cassim Obio Allah
  A Friend's Birthday
  To a Cat
  An Epigram upon Ebn Naphta-Wah
  Fire
  To a Lady Blushing
  On the Vicissitudes of Life
  To a Dove
  On a Thunder Storm
  To My Favorite Mistress
  Crucifixion of Ebn Bakiah
  Caprices of Fortune
  On Life
  Extempore Verses
  On the Death