 From the Desert I come to thee On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire. Under thy window I stand, And the midnight hears my cry: I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows...  A Library of American Literature... - Page 197by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Julian Willis Abernethy - American literature - 1902 - 534 pages
...gift. In this volume was the "Bedouin Song," one of the supreme love lyrics of the language : — From the Desert I come to thee On a stallion shod with...but thee, With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfoldl The collection entitled... | |
 | Alban Bertram De Mille - Literature, Modern - 1902 - 546 pages
...Orient (1854), containing one of his best pieces, the well-known and passionate Bedouin love-song : From the desert I come to thee On a stallion shod with...And the midnight hears my cry : I love thee, I love bat thee With a love that shall not die — Till the sun grows cold And the stars are old And the leaves... | |
 | Cuyler Reynolds - Alcoholic beverages - 1902 - 504 pages
...The Cupids every one, dear, Will chant—" We trust in thee ! " LEIGH HUNT, The Nun. I LOVE BUT THEE I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold ! BAYARD TAYLOR,... | |
 | Gulian Lansing Morrill - Voyages and travels - 1902 - 378 pages
...carrying a lance, she following on horseback. I immediately recalled Bayard Taylor's beautiful Arab song: "I love but thee, With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold." But, pshaw ! I... | |
 | 1902 - 990 pages
...freedom in her nature to so much love in his. The banshee is quite overborne as he sings joyously: From the Desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire. May the twentieth. THE new maid (her name is Luella) hit the new sofa bang! against the new library... | |
 | Elia Wilkinson Peattie - American poetry - 1903 - 252 pages
...cramp its use, if I Should hook it to some useful end. 66 BEDOUIN LOVE SONG. BY BAYAED TAYLOE. From the desert I come to thee On a stallion shod with...but thee, With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold! Look from thy window... | |
 | Louise Betts Edwards - 1903 - 446 pages
...pleasure ! Why was not this nameless chief of a nameless race some splendid Bedouin sheik, riding to her " On a stallion shod with fire, And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire, tinder thy window I stand " — Well, the Tu-tze had watched all night at her door to hear her breathe.... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent - American literature - 1904 - 312 pages
...success in the "Bedouin Song," the first stanza of which will indicate the quality of the whole: From the Desert I come to thee On a stallion shod with...but thee, With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold! Taylor's name at... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 542 pages
...for mountains or farms, What care I? — My darling's entwined in my arms. BEDOUIN LOVE-SONG. FROM the Desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In fhe speed of my desire. Under thy window I stand, And the midnight hears my cry: I love thee. I love... | |
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