| [1.] | Scheherazadè, the heroine of the Thousand and One
Nights. |
| [2.] | And there in its midst stood a mighty Genie. |
| [3.] | When having brought into submission all the rest of my race. |
| [4.] | No sooner had the monarch seen them, so strange of form and so
brilliant and diverse in hue. |
| [5.] | Thereupon the damsel upset the pan into the fire. |
| [6.] | Recalling the fisherman by a swift messenger. |
| [7.] | He arrived within sight of a palace of shining marble. |
| [8.] | The Queen of the Ebony Isles. |
| [9.] | Supposing me asleep, they began to talk. |
| [10.] | The cup of wine which she gives him each night contains a sleeping-draught. |
| [11.] | She went on to vent her malice upon the city and islands. |
| [12.] | Began to heap upon me terms of the most violent and shameful
abuse. |
| [13.] | Thus by her wicked machinations the city became a lake. |
| [14.] | Great was the astonishment of the Vizier and the Sultan's escort. |
| [15.] | Their chief in a low but distinct voice uttered the two words
"Open Sesame!" |
| [16.] | Ali Baba departed for the town a well satisfied man. |
| [17.] | As soon as he came in she began to jeer at him. |
| [18.] | Greater still was the exultation of a greedy nature like that
of Cassim's. |
| [19.] | Mustapha doubted much of his ability to refrain from question. |
| [20.] | This way and that she led him blindfold. |
| [21.] | Having transformed himself by disguise. |
| [22.] | "Sir," said he, "I have brought my oil a great distance to sell
to-morrow". |
| [23.] | She poured into each jar in turn a sufficient quantity of the
boiling oil to scald its occupant to death. |
| [24.] | When Morgiana, who had remained all this time on the watch. |
| [25.] | Then for the last figure of all she drew out the dagger. |
| [26.] | At so arrogant a claim all the courtiers burst into loud laughter. |
| [27.] | As he descended, the daylight in which hitherto he had been
travelling faded from view. |
| [28.] | He saw black eunuchs lying asleep. |
| [29.] | She gave orders for a rich banquet to be prepared. |
| [30.] | Till the tale of her mirror contented her. |
| [31.] | She cried: "O miserable man, what sorry watch is this that thou
hast kept". |
| [32.] | All this time the Princess had been watching the combat from
the roof of the palace. |
| [33.] | In the garden of the summer palace all was silence and solitude. |
| [34.] | Sat by the lake and solaced themselves sweetly with love. |
| [35.] | It was in vain that all the wisest physicians in the country
were summoned into consultation. |
| [36.] | For many months he travelled without clue. |
| [37.] | And ever with the tears falling down from her eyes she sighed
and sang. |
| [38.] | There appeared before him an old man of venerable appearance. |
| [39.] | Pirouzè, the fairest and most honourably born. |
| [40.] | Reaching his farthest wounded the giant in the knee. |
| [41.] | The lady advanced to meet him. |
| [42.] | A city among the Isles named Deryabar. |
| [43.] | Presently in the distance he perceived a light. |
| [44.] | The ship struck upon a rock. |
| [45.] | And presently, feeling myself lifted by men's hands. |
| [46.] | The Princess of Deryabar. |
| [47.] | She found to her grief the place where Codadad had lain left
vacant. |
| [48.] | She and her companion arrived at the city of Harran. |
| [49.] | And taking her hand he led her to the apartments of the Queen
Pirouzè. |
| [50.] | After these, maidens on white horses, with heads unveiled,
bearing in their hands baskets of precious stones. |