Some sprite, whose very soul is made "For me, for me," Cried Nourmahal impatiently,— "Oh! twine that wreath for me to-night." And new-blown lilies of the river, She comes out when the sun's away.- * "Hemasagara, or the Sea of Gold, with flowers of the brightest gold colour." "The delicious odour of the blossoms of this tree justly gives it a place in the quiver of Camadeva or the God of Love." "The Malayans style the tube-rose (Polianthes tuberosa) 'Sandal Malam,' or the Mistress of the Night." §"In Zamara (Sumatra) they lead an idle life, passing the day in playing on a kind of flute, crowned with garlands of flowers, among which the globe amaranthus mostly prevails." "The largest and richest sort (of the 'Jambu' or Rose-Apple) is called 'Amrita,' or immortal, and the mythologists of Tibet apply the same word to a celestial tree bearing ambrosial fruit." **Sweet basil, called 'Rayhan' in Persia, and generally found in churchyards. ++"In the Great Desert are found many stalks of lavender and rosemary." Who heaps her baskets with the flowers And leaves till they can hold no more: Then to Namouna flies. and showers Upon her lap the shining store. Light of the Harem p. 145 Some sprite, whose very soul is made "For me, for me," Cried Nourmahal impatiently,— "Oh! twine that wreath for me to-night." As the young musk-roe's, out she flew And new-blown lilies of the river, She comes out when the sun's away.- * "Hemasagara, or the Sea of Gold, with flowers of the brightest gold colour." "The delicious odour of the blossoms of this tree justly gives it a place in the quiver of Camadeva or the God of Love." "The Malayans style the tube-rose (Polianthes tuberosa) 'Sandal Malam,' or the Mistress of the Night." "In Zamara (Sumatra) they lead an idle life, passing the day in playing on a kind of flute, crowned with garlands of flowers, among which the globe amaranthus mostly prevails." "The largest and richest sort (of the 'Jambu' or Rose-Apple) is called 'Amrita,' or immortal, and the mythologists of Tibet apply the same word to a celestial tree bearing ambrosial fruit." **Sweet basil, called 'Rayhan' in Persia, and generally found in churchyards. ++"In the Great Desert are found many stalks of lavender and rosemary." |