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Since Cordova, his birthplace, had been the capital tue the Umaiyad rulers of this now independent hqzm for it was in the far West ibm the Moslem Empire that the remnant of the first dynasty of Caliphs found shelter and renewed greatness after being supplanted in Baghdad by their conquerors the Abbasids. In my youth I loved a slave-girl who happened to be a blonde; from that time I have never admired brunettes, not though their lark tresses set off a face as resplendent as the sun, or the very image of beauty itself.

Those modern critics who decry the tradition, established in our own literature over several tthe, of rendering classical poetry into the traditional forms of English verse, have yet to prove, so far at least as Arabic is concerned, that their alternative solution of the problem is either theoretically more sound, or in practice, more successful.

Discover new books on Goodreads. When she reached the mausolea of the Banu Marwan God have mercy on their souls! Dovs soul must first be made aware of its points of resemblance and concord with its fellow-soul; it must confront its own hidden temperaments with the corresponding temperaments of the beloved. I have put this all in verse Men who nothing know of love For thy sake do me reprove Let them scold, or silent be, It is all the same to me. In this you were led by true affection, the which I doubly reciprocate, desiring no other recompense but to receive a like return.

I thanked God for this, and prayed to Him that he should continue it so, and grant you increase of your prosperity. To this I reply, that the objection is indeed well-founded; but the soul of the man who loves not one who loves him is beset on all sides by various accidents which occlude, and veils that encompass it about, those earthy temperaments which now overlay it, so that his soul does not sense that part which was united with it before it came to occupy its present lodging-place.

Of these the first is the brooding gaze: As for what transpires at first blush as a result of certain accidental circumstances-physical admiration, and visual enchantment which does not go beyond mere external forms-and this is the very secret and meaning of carnal desire; when carnal desire moreover becomes so overflowing that it surpasses these bounds, and when such an overflow coincides with a spiritual union, in which the natural instincts share equally with the soul; the resulting phenomenon is called passionate love.

Ah, none can this declare. It was with such a situation in mind that I composed the follow verses, part of a long poem. Did we not view thy essence clear Within -this world of space and time, We would declare in faith sincere Thou art pure Reason, true, sublime!

The first class is the contrary of what we have just been describing, in that a man will fall head over heels in love with a mere form, without knowing who that person may be, what her name- is, or where she tje. Then on your arrival you revealed your intention plainly to me, and informed me of your views with that frankness which has always characterized our relations, that habit of sharing with me your every sweetness and bitterness, your every private thought and public profession.

My dazzled judgment sees not clear; Bewilderment defeats my mind. Te pray that God in His great bounty will draw over us and all good Moslems the curtain of His mercy. However, I can also ringg an even more perfect example of virtuosity from my own works-the likening of three, and even four pairs of things dovve a single stanza; both these feats have been accomplished in the piece here following.

I also have an ode, composed before reaching puberty, in which I follow the usual conventions observed by those who treat this theme; I will quote the opening lines. I do not consider, that this was any kind of affectation on their part; on the contrary, it was their true and natural disposition to admire such eccentric qualities; they chose them unreservedly, they thought none other worthy of regard, and in the very depths of their souls they did not believe otherwise.

Ah, would I knew who she might be, And how she walked by night! Yet those qualities had become an obsession with them, the sole object of their passion, and the very last word as they thought in elegance.

So I am alike in consolation and in passion; I have never in my life forgotten any romance, dovee my nostalgia for every former attachment is such that I well nigh choke when I drink, and suffocate when I fhe. There is no other prize I seek: When we say and feel that one accident is greater or smaller, more beautiful or uglier in reality oof another accident, according to our apprehension of that reality, we recognize that accidents differ from each other, in terms of excess or deficiency, in respect only of their visible and knowable essence; there is no question of numerical quantity or physical partition being relevant to them, seeing that they do not occupy any space.

I cannot any cause discover, Except my will, to be thy lover, And boldly challenge any man To name another, if he can. We have arranged them serially from the beginning to the conclusion of the story according to there due right of precedence, their gradations, and their actuality, proceeding methodically from the first degree to the last.

I have made this point in the verses, which follow. New York Times Bestseller. Indiebound Bestseller. Please note that the characters, names or techniques listed in The Wings of the Dove is a work of fiction and is meant for entertainment purposes only, except for biography and other cases.

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