The Literature of Arabia With Critical and Biographical Sketches

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Editor

Wilson, Epiphanius, 1845-1916

Title

The Literature of Arabia With Critical and Biographical Sketches by Epiphanius Wilson

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Beth Trapaga and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures

Subject

Arabic literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

10121

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10121

Release Date

November 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE LITERATURE OF ARABIA
2. 2.CONTENTS — THE ROMANCE OF ANTAR — ARABIAN POETRY — ARABIAN NIGHTS
3. 3.THE ROMANCE OF ANTAR — INTRODUCTION
4. 4.THE EARLY FORTUNES OF ANTAR
5. 5.KHALED AND DJAIDA
6. 6.THE ABSIANS AND FAZAREANS
7. 7.SELECTIONS FROM ARABIAN POETRY — INTRODUCTION
8. 8.AN ELEGY[1] — THE TOMB OF MANO — TOMB OF SAYID[2] — THE DEATH OF HIS MISTRESS[3] — ON AVARICE[4] — THE BATTLE OF SABLA[5] — VERSES TO MY ENEMIES — ON HIS FRIENDS[6] — ON TEMPER[7] — THE SONG OF MAISUNA[8] — TO MY FATHER[9] — ON FATALISM[10] — TO THE CALIPH HARUN-AL-RASHID[11] — LINES TO HARUN AND YAHIA[12] — THE RUIN OF BARMECIDES[13] — TO TAHER BEN HOSIEN[14] — THE ADIEU[15] — TO MY MISTRESS[16] — TO A FEMALE CUP-BEARER[17] — MASHDUD ON THE MONKS OF KHABBET[18] — RAKEEK TO HIS FEMALE COMPANIONS — DIALOGUE BY RAIS — TO A LADY WEEPING[19] — ON A VALETUDINARIAN — ON A MISER — TO CASSIM OBIO ALLAH[20] — A FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY[21] — TO A CAT — AN EPIGRAM UPON EBN NAPHTA-WAH[22] — FIRE[23] — TO A LADY BLUSHING[24] — ON THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE — TO A DOVE — ON A THUNDER STORM — TO MY FAVORITE MISTRESS — CRUCIFIXION OF EBN BAKIAH[25] — CAPRICES OF FORTUNE[26] — ON LIFE — EXTEMPORE VERSES[27] — ON THE DEATH OF A SON[28] — TO LEILA — ON MODERATION IN OUR PLEASURES[29] — THE VALE OF BOZAA[30] — TO ADVERSITY[31] — ON THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF PRIDE AND TRUE GLORY[32] — THE DEATH OF NEDHAM ALMOLK — LINES TO A LOVER — VERSES TO MY DAUGHTERS[33] — SERENADE TO MY SLEEPING MISTRESS[34] — THE INCONSISTENT[35] — THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM[36] — TO A LADY — AN EPIGRAM[37] — ON A LITTLE MAN WITH A VERY LARGE BEARD — LAMIAT ALAJEM[38] — TO YOUTH — ON LOVE[39] — A REMONSTRANCE WITH A DRUNKARD[40] — VERSES[41] — ON PROCRASTINATION[42] — THE EARLY DEATH OF ABOU ALHASSAN ALY[43] — THE INTERVIEW
9. 9.ARABIAN NIGHTS — THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINDBAD
10. 10.FIRST VOYAGE
11. 11.SECOND VOYAGE
12. 12.THIRD VOYAGE
13. 13.FOURTH VOYAGE
14. 14.FIFTH VOYAGE
15. 15.SIXTH VOYAGE
16. 16.SEVENTH AND LAST VOYAGE
17. 17.ALADDIN'S WONDERFUL LAMP

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