POEMS FROM EASTERN SOURCES:
THE STEADFAST PRINCE;
AND OTHER POEMS.
BY
RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH.
LONDON:
EDWARD MOXON, DOVER STREET.
MDCCCXLII.
LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
CONTENTS.
| POEMS FROM EASTERN SOURCES. | |
| PAGE | |
| ALEXANDER AT THE GATES OF PARADISE.—A LEGEND FROM THE TALMUD | [3] |
| CHIDHER’S WELL | [11] |
| THE BANISHED KINGS | [14] |
| THE BALLADS OF HAROUN AL RASCHID: I.—THE SPILT PEARLS II.—THE BARMECIDES III.—THE FESTIVAL | [20] [24] [35] |
| THE EASTERN NARCISSUS | [41] |
| THE SEASONS: I.—WINTER II.—SPRING III.—SUMMER IV.—AUTUMN | [43] [46] [49] [52] |
| MOSES AND JETHRO | [55] |
| PROVERBS, TURKISH AND PERSIAN | [60] |
| “THE GOOD THAT ONE MAN FLINGS ASIDE” | [64] |
| LOVE | [67] |
| THE FALCON | [69] |
| LIFE THROUGH DEATH: I.—“A PAGAN KING TORMENTED FIERCELY ALL” II.—“A DEW-DROP FALLING ON THE WILD SEA WAVE” III.—“THE SEED MUST DIE, BEFORE THE CORN APPEARS” | [71] [73] [74] |
| THE WORLD | [75] |
| THE MONK AND SINNER | [78] |
| “WHAT, THOU ASKEST, IS THE HEAVEN, AND THE ROUND EARTH AND THE SEA” | [81] |
| THE SUPPLIANT | [84] |
| THE PANTHEIST; OR, THE ORIGIN OF EVIL | [87] |
| GHAZEL | [90] |
| THE RIGHTEOUS OF THE WORLD | [91] |
| MAXIMS | [94] |
| THE FALCON’S REWARD | [96] |
| THE CONVERSION OF ABRAHAM | [101] |
| SONNET | [103] |
| THE DEAD DOG | [104] |
| “FAIR VESSEL HAST THOU SEEN WITH HONEY FILLED” | [106] |
| FRAGMENTS: I.—THE CERTAINTY OF FAITH II.—MAN’S TWOFOLD NATURE III.—SCIENCE AND LOVE IV.—“THE BUSINESS OF THE WORLD IS CHILD’S PLAY MERE” V.—“SAGE, THAT WOULD’ST MAKER OF THINE OWN GOD BE” VI.—“MAN, THE CAGED BIRD THAT OWNED AN HIGHER NEST” | [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] |
| NOTES TO THE POEMS FROM EASTERN SOURCES | [115] |
| THE STEADFAST PRINCE: PART I. PART II. | [125] [152] |
| ORPHEUS AND THE SIRENS | [173] |
| ST. CHRYSOSTOM | [184] |
| THE OIL OF MERCY | [185] |
| THE TREE OF LIFE.—FROM THE GERMAN OF RÜCKERT | [192] |
| THE TREE OF LIFE.—FROM AN OLD LATIN POEM | [195] |
| PARADISE.—FROM THE GERMAN OF RÜCKERT | [199] |
| THE LOREY LEY.—FROM THE GERMAN OF HEINE | [203] |
| “OH THOU OF DARK FOREBODINGS DREAR” | [205] |
| THE PRODIGAL | [206] |
| THE CORREGAN.—A BALLAD OF BRITTANY | [208] |
| SONNET | [214] |
| SONNET | [215] |
| SONNET | [216] |
| THE ETRURIAN KING | [217] |
| THE FAMINE | [219] |
| THE PRIZE OF SONG | [231] |
| NOTES | [235] |