Alushta By Night

"The reverent Mussulman bends low to greet             You, Tschatir Dagh, Crimea's bright-masted ship!     World-altar,--minaret--the place wher"

"The mighty mountain flings its mist-veil down;             With little flowers the gracious fields are bright,     And from the forest colors fl"

"(Mirza)     Pray! Pray! Let loose the bridle. Look not down!             The humble horse alone has wisdom here.     He knows where blackest t"

"They sleep well here whom Allah loved and kept             And treasured in his vineyard fair and fine,     Most lustrous of the Orient pearls t"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"