Their forms and movements are graceful, being under no artificial restraints; and there is an exquisite charm about them as they languidly lounge on their silken couches, or glide about from room to room in long flowing robes, and slip-shod shup-shups.
Well has the illustrious bard portrayed the varied charms of the Eastern houris:
“Many and beautiful lay those around,
Like flowers of different hue and clime, and root,
In some exotic garden sometimes found,
With cost, and care, and warmth, induced to shoot.”
Considering their limited education, it is delightful to listen to the melodious tone of their voices, as they speak with remarkable purity the harmonious Turkish language. Notwithstanding their lack of learning, there have been some among the ladies renowned for their poetical productions, such as Leyla and Fitnett Hanums, justly celebrated for their exquisite poetry.