A soul for every enterprise, That never sees with terror's eyes; The wisdom of the cautious Frank- And oft around the cavern fire To snatch the Rayahs† from their fate. Ay! let me like the ocean-Patriarch roam,+ Bound where thou wilt, my barb! or glide, my prow! That steals the trembling tear of speechless praise; Shall sound each tone thy long-loved voice endears. A thousand swords, with Selim's heart and hand, * Lambro Canzani, a Greek, famous for his efforts in 1789-90 for the independence of his country. Abandoned by the Russians, he became a pirate, and the Archipelago was the scene of his enterprises. He is said to be still alive at Petersburg. He and Riga are the two most celebrated of the Greek revolutionists.-B. "Rayahs,"-all who pay the capitation tax, called the "Haratch."-B. The first of voyages is one of the few with which the Mussulmans profess much acquaintance.-B. The wandering life of the Arabs, Tartars, and Turkomans, will be found well detailed in any book of Eastern travels. That it possesses a charm peculiar to itself, cannot be denied. A young French renegado confessed to Chateaubriand, that he never found himself alone, galloping in the desert, without a sensation approaching to rapture, which was indescribable.-B. "Jannat al Aden," the perpetual abode, the Mussulman paradise.-B. Girt by my band, Zuleika at my side, To Love, whose deadliest bane is human Art: Few words remain of mine my tale to close : Dauntless he stood-" 'Tis come-soon past One kiss, Zuleika-'tis my last." "Bride of Abydos," canto ii. 23. |