Armenian Legends and Poems
ARMENIAN LEGENDS AND POEMS
LEO VI, LAST KING OF ARMENIA.
ARMENIA
The Ages pass, no tidings come;
My brave ones fall, are lost and gone.
My blood is chilled, my voice is dumb
And friend or comfort I have none.
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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
REPROACHES
MY HEART IS TURNED INTO A WAILING CHILD
O NIGHT, BE LONG
BLACK EYES
YESTERNIGHT I WALKED ABROAD
LIBERTY
I BEHELD MY LOVE THIS MORNING
INCENSE
SPRING
CRADLE SONG
ARA AND SEMIRAMIS
LAMENT OVER THE HEROES FALLEN IN THE BATTLE OF AVARAIR
YE MOUNTAIN BLUEBELLS
THE SUN WENT DOWN
BIRTHDAY SONG
MORNING
THE FOUNDING OF VAN
I HAVE A WORD I FAIN WOULD SAY
THE LILY OF SHAVARSHAN
CRADLE SONG
THE WIND IS HOWLING THROUGH THE WINTER NIGHT
THE ARMENIAN POET’S PRAYER
THE CHRAGAN PALACE
THE DREAM
THE SORROWS OF ARMENIA
ARTASHES AND SATENIK
MY DEATH
THE EAGLE’S LOVE
CONCERNING THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALE
THE ARRIVAL OF THE CRUSADERS
LIKE AN OCEAN IS THIS WORLD
THE ROCK
THE CRANE
ARTAVASD
THE TEARS OF ARAXES
“THY VOICE IS SWEET”
CHRIST AND ABGARUS
ARAXES CAME DEVOURINGLY
THE PARROT’S SONG
EARTH AND SKY
COMPLAINTS
A DAY AFTER
WITHOUT THEE WHAT ARE SONG AND DANCE TO ME?
THE LAKE OF VAN
SPRING
THE TALE OF ROSIPHELEE
THE SONG OF THE VULTURE
BALLAD
NO BIRD CAN REACH THE MOUNTAIN’S CREST
THE NIGHTINGALE OF AVARAIR
THOU ART SO SWEET
THE WANDERING ARMENIAN TO THE SWALLOW
THE CHRIST-CHILD
HAPPINESS
CONCERNING DEATH
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
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