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POEMS FROM EASTERN SOURCES:
THE STEADFAST PRINCE;
AND OTHER POEMS.

BY
RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH.

LONDON:
EDWARD MOXON, DOVER STREET.
MDCCCXLII.


LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.


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CONTENTS.

POEMS FROM EASTERN SOURCES.
PAGE
ALEXANDER AT THE GATES OF PARADISE.—A LEGEND FROM THE TALMUD3
CHIDHER’S WELL11
THE BANISHED KINGS14
THE BALLADS OF HAROUN AL RASCHID:
  I.—THE SPILT PEARLS
 II.—THE BARMECIDES
III.—THE FESTIVAL

20
24
35
THE EASTERN NARCISSUS41
THE SEASONS:
  I.—WINTER
 II.—SPRING
III.—SUMMER
IV.—AUTUMN

43
46
49
52
viMOSES AND JETHRO55
PROVERBS, TURKISH AND PERSIAN60
“THE GOOD THAT ONE MAN FLINGS ASIDE”64
LOVE67
THE FALCON69
LIFE THROUGH DEATH:
  I.—“A PAGAN KING TORMENTED FIERCELY ALL”
 II.—“A DEW-DROP FALLING ON THE WILD SEA WAVE”
III.—“THE SEED MUST DIE, BEFORE THE CORN APPEARS”

71
73
74
THE WORLD75
THE MONK AND SINNER78
“WHAT, THOU ASKEST, IS THE HEAVEN, AND THE ROUND EARTH AND THE SEA”81
THE SUPPLIANT84
THE PANTHEIST; OR, THE ORIGIN OF
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