 t not a Shame — were 't not a Shame for him In this clay carcase crippled to abide? XLV 'Tis but a Tent where takes his one day's rest A Sultan to the realm of Death addrest; The Sultan rises, and the dark Ferrash Strikes, and prepares it for another...  The Souls of Black Folk - Page 56by W. E. B. Du Bois - 2007 - 176 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | American essays - 1911 - 994 pages
...row, are usually thereto bind him to earth with leaden chains. However passionately he may long to fling the dust aside And naked on the air of heaven ride — he is allowed but few breaths of the upper ether. How different the practical atmosphere of the... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1868 - 56 pages
...LXVIII. The Revelations of Devout and Learn'd Who rose before us, and as Prophets burn'd, LXV. LXIX. Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, Is't not a shame — is't not a shame for him So long in this Clay suburb to abide ! LXX. But that... | |
 | Laurier House, Omar Khayyam - 1872 - 70 pages
...And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul Forth to your Lips to quaff — you shall not shrink.16 XLIV. Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, Wer't not a Shame — wer't not a Shame for him In this clay carcase crippled to abide ? XLV. 'Tis... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1878 - 164 pages
...offering his Cup, invite your Soul Forth to your Lips to quaff — you shall not shrink.16 XLIV. /' r Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, Wer 't not a Shame — wer 't not a Shame for him In this clay carcase crippled to abide ? * i XLV.... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1879 - 146 pages
...So when the Angel of the darker Drink At last shall find you by the river-brink, EUBXlTAT OF XLIV. Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, Wer't not a Shame — wer't not a Shame for him In this clay carcase crippled to abide? ILV. "Tis but... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - Persian poetry - 1879 - 144 pages
...offering his Cup, invite your Soul Forth to your Lips to quaff — you shall not shrink. RUBilYlT OF XLIV. Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, Wer't not a Shame — wer't not a Shame for him In this clay carcase crippled to abide ? XLV. 'Tis... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1883 - 164 pages
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 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - Wit and humor - 1884 - 472 pages
...And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul Forth to your Lips to quaff — you shall not shrink. Whv, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, Were't not a Shame — were't noc a Sham« 226 THE BRAVERY OF BAILIE NICOL JARVIE. About half a mile's... | |
 | Arthur Sherburne Hardy - American fiction - 1886 - 330 pages
...reading came back to her. No, she did not remember them. Some one spoke them distinctly in her ear : — "Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the air of heaven ride," — She opened her eyes. No one was there. Her hand lay outside the clothes ; where were its rings... | |
 | Arthur Sherburne Hardy - American fiction - 1886 - 330 pages
...weight at her heart seemed to stir and tremble with life. What was life ? the vapor, the dream, — " Were "t not a shame, were 't not a shame, for him lu this clay carcase crippled to abide ? " said the voice again. She sat up in bed and looked about... | |
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