Search -
Living Voices, Selections Chiefly From Recent Poetry [compiled by E. Spooner].
Living Voices Selections Chiefly From Recent Poetry - compiled by E. Spooner Author:Living voices General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1873 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE BRIDAL OF ANDALLA. Rise up, rise up, Xarifa! lay the golden cushion down; Rise up, come to the window, and gaze with all the town. From gay guitar and violin the silver notes are flowing, And the lovely lute doth speak between the trumpet's lordly blowing; And banners bright from lattice light are waving everywhere, And the tall, tall plume of our cousin's bridegroom floats proudly in the air: Rise up, rise up, Xarifa! lay the golden cushion down; Rise up, come to the window, and gaze with all the town. Arise, arise, Xarifa! I see Andalla's face, -- He bends him to the people with a calm and princely grace; Through all the land of Xeres and banks of Guadal- quiver Rode forth bridegroom so brave as he, so brave and lovely never. Yon tall plume waving o'er his brow of purple mixed with white, I guess 'twas wreathed by Zara, whom he will wed to-night. Rise up, rise up, Xarifa! lay the golden cushion down; Rise up, come to the window, and gaze with all the town. What aileth thee, Xarifa ? what makes thine eyes look down? Why stay ye from the window far, nor gaze with all the town ? I've heard you say on many a day, and sure you said the truth, Andalla rides without a peer 'mong all Granada's youth; Without a peer he rideth, and yon milk-white horse doth go Beneath his stately master with a stately step and slow. Then rise, oh rise, Xarifa! lay the golden cushion down; Unseen here through the lattice, you may gaze with all the town. The Zegri lady rose not, nor laid her cushion down, Nor came she to the window to gaze with all the town; But, though her eyes dwelt on her kn...« less