Säleh’s Camel used to go about crying, in good Arabic, “Ho! every one that wanteth milk, let him come, and I will give it him.”--Sale, Al Korân, vii. (notes).
The Serpent which tempted Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit.--Gen. iii.
Temliha, the king of serpents, had the gift of human speech.--Comte de Caylus, Oriental Tales (“History of Aboutaleb”).
Xanthos, one of the horses of Achillês, announced to the hero, in good Greek, his approaching death.--Classic Fable.
Voiture (2 syl.), a French poet, idolized by his contemporaries in the reign of Louis XIV., but now only known by name (1598-1648).
E’en rival wits did Voiture’s death deplore,
And the gay mourned, who never mourned before;
The truest hearts for Voiture heaved with sighs,
Voiture was wept by all the brightest eyes.
Pope, Epistle to Miss Blount (1715).