ad--
But Harun came, and all was bright.

Again the sun shoots forth his rays,
Nature is deck'd in beauty's robe--
For mighty Harun's sceptre sways,
And Yahia's arm sustains the globe.

_Isaac Almousely_.

[12] Isaac Almousely is considered by the Orientals as the most
celebrated musician that ever flourished in the world. He was born
in Persia, but having resided almost entirely at Mousel, he is
generally supposed to have been a native of that place.

THE RUIN OF BARMECIDES[13]

No, Barmec! Time hath never shown
So sad a change of wayward fate;
Nor sorrowing mortals ever known
A grief so true, a loss so great.

Spouse of the world! Thy soothing breast
Did balm to every woe afford;
And now no more by thee caress'd,
The widow'd world bewails her Lord.

[13] The family of Barmec was one of the most illustrious in the
East. They were descended from the ancient kings of Persia, and
possessed immense property in various countries; they derived still
more consequence from the favor which they enjoyed at the court of
Bagdad, where, for many years, they filled the highest offices of
the state with universal approbation.

TO TAHER BEN HOSIEN[14]

A pair of right hands and a single dim eye
Must form not a man, but a monster, they cry:--
Change a hand to an eye, good Taher, if you can,
And a monster perhaps may be chang'd to man.

[14] Taher Ben Hosien was ambidexter and one-eyed and, strange to say,
the most celebrated general of his time.

THE ADIEU[15]

The boatmen shout, "Tis time to part,
No longer we can stay"--
'Twas then Maimnna taught my heart
How much a glance could say.

With trembling steps to me she came;
"Farewell," she would have cried,
But ere her lips the word could frame
In half-form'd sounds it died.

Then bending down with looks of love,
Her arms she round me flung,
And, as the gale hangs on the grove,
Upon my breast she hung.

My willing arms embraced the maid,
My heart with raptures beat;
While she but wept the more and said,
"Would we had never met!"

_Abou Mohammed_.

[15] This was sung before the Caliph Wathek, by Abou Mohammed, a
musician of Bagdad, as a specimen of his musical talents; and such
were its effects upon the Caliph, that he immediately testified his
approbation of the performance by throwing his own robe o