His ill got treasure, soon replaced. Would'st question whence? Survey the waste, By him whom Heaven accorded none, XVI. "Within thy father's house are foes; This tale, whose close is almost nigh: He in Abdallah's palace grew, And held that post in his Serai Which holds he here- he saw him die : But what could single slavery do? With foes subdued, or friends betray'd, And not in vain it seems essay'd To save the life for which he pray'd. The knowledge of my birth secured From all and each, but most from me; Thus Giaffir's safety was ensured. Removed he too from Roumelie To this our Asiatic side, Far from our seats by Danube's tide, XVII. - "All this, Zuleika, harshly sounds; And long must wear: this Galiongée, Whose laws and lives are on their swords; To hear whose desolating tale Would make thy waning cheek more pale : Those arms thou see'st my band have brought, Is fill'd. — once quaff'd, they ne'er repine: Our prophet might forgive the slaves; They're only infidels in wine. XVIII. "What could I be? Proscribed at home, And taunted to a wish to roam; And listless left for Giaffir's fear Denied the courser and the spear - unknown; To Haroun's care with women left, While thou-whose softness long endear'd, On promise to return before The day when Giaffir's charge was o'er. When first this liberated eye Survey'd Earth, Ocean, Sun, and Sky, The World nay, Heaven itself was mine! XIX. "The shallop of a trusty Moor Convey'd me from this idle shore; I long'd to see the isles that gem Old Ocean's purple diadem: Is done, 't will then be time more meet XX. ""Tis true, they are a lawless brood, With them hath found. may find a place : But open speech, and ready hand, Obedience to their chief's command; That never sees with Terror's eyes; (1) The Turkish notions of almost all islands are confined to the Archi. pelago, the sea alluded to. Friendship for each, and faith to all, and I have studied all Distinguish'd from the vulgar rank, But chiefly to my council call The wisdom of the cautious Frank And some to higher thoughts aspire, The last of Lambro's (1) patriots there Anticipated freedom share; And oft around the cavern fire On visionary schemes debate, To snatch the Rayahs (2) from their fate. Ay! let me like the ocean-Patriarch (3) roam, Are more than cities and Serais to me: (1) 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. (2) "Rayahs," all who pay the capitation tax, called the " Haratch." (3) The first of voyages is one of the few with which the Mussulmans profess much acquaintance. (4) 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. |