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An Oriental Fable.
' Hocks , where I could have no opportunity of addressing the -or > " ject of my heart . M y intreaties were in vain , and I was com' •mantled instantl y to retire . M y mother indeed is no more ¦ but I " have an aged father , and two brothers so young , that they can ^ yet hardl y reach the most humble of the palm-tree branches . Lhey have long depended on me for supportthat support is
; now at an end . Let me die , hoary-headed Sire , and put an end to my woes . " The beneficent pastor conducted the youth to his own habitation , and the next morning , after having-caused him to bathe in the waters of comlort , conducted him to the valley of Shel-Adar . They were followed b herd of
y a sheep , whiter than the summit of the highest mountain when covered by the winter ' s snow , and a number of horses more beautiful and nimble than that on wliich rode the prophet Mahomet . r The pastor approached Shel-Adar , and thus spoke to him- " A " dove from Aleppo took refuge at Damas . and lived with a dove of that countrythe master
" ; feared that the dove from AL ^ ppo " would one day entice away her ^ . fipanlon , and therefore caused " them to be separated . They would eat no grain but that which ' they received when together . They languished , they died . O " Shel-Adar , separate not those who cannot live , unless they live " together !" Shel-Adar listned with attention to the words of the pastorand
, when he understood that the flock and the horses he had brought with him were now given to the bewailing youth , betook Fatima by the hand , and led her to the arms of her lover . They retired to the neighbouring grove , where the swains from the mountains assembled around them , crowned them with garlands , andin circle * tripped over the enamelled to the sweet notes ofthe lute
grass . The day had passed too swiftly , when the twinkling stars appear in the heavens , gave the si gnal for retiring each to their habitation . The reverend Sire then withdrew , but not till he had uttered these words :
" Plearken , ye tender branches , to j'onr parent stock , bend to the lessons of instruction and imbibe the maxims of age-and ex" penence . As the pismire creeps not to its labour till led by its ; . l ' elders , as the young eagle soars not to the sun , but under the shadow of its mother ' s wing , so neither doth the child of mortality spring forth to actionunless the parent hand point out its de
^ , - " stined labour . Dangerous are the desires of the flesh , and mean | ' the pursuits of the sons of the earth . They stretch out their " sinews , like the patient mule ; they persevere in their chase after trifles , as the camel in the desart . As the leopard springs on his pray , so doth man rejoice over his riches ; and basks in the ' sun of slofhfulnesslike the lion ' cubOn the stream of life
t , s . " float the bodies ofthe careless and intemperate , as the carcasses | of the dead on the waves of the Tigris . Wish not to enjoy life longer then you wish to do good , '' G .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Oriental Fable.
' Hocks , where I could have no opportunity of addressing the -or > " ject of my heart . M y intreaties were in vain , and I was com' •mantled instantl y to retire . M y mother indeed is no more ¦ but I " have an aged father , and two brothers so young , that they can ^ yet hardl y reach the most humble of the palm-tree branches . Lhey have long depended on me for supportthat support is
; now at an end . Let me die , hoary-headed Sire , and put an end to my woes . " The beneficent pastor conducted the youth to his own habitation , and the next morning , after having-caused him to bathe in the waters of comlort , conducted him to the valley of Shel-Adar . They were followed b herd of
y a sheep , whiter than the summit of the highest mountain when covered by the winter ' s snow , and a number of horses more beautiful and nimble than that on wliich rode the prophet Mahomet . r The pastor approached Shel-Adar , and thus spoke to him- " A " dove from Aleppo took refuge at Damas . and lived with a dove of that countrythe master
" ; feared that the dove from AL ^ ppo " would one day entice away her ^ . fipanlon , and therefore caused " them to be separated . They would eat no grain but that which ' they received when together . They languished , they died . O " Shel-Adar , separate not those who cannot live , unless they live " together !" Shel-Adar listned with attention to the words of the pastorand
, when he understood that the flock and the horses he had brought with him were now given to the bewailing youth , betook Fatima by the hand , and led her to the arms of her lover . They retired to the neighbouring grove , where the swains from the mountains assembled around them , crowned them with garlands , andin circle * tripped over the enamelled to the sweet notes ofthe lute
grass . The day had passed too swiftly , when the twinkling stars appear in the heavens , gave the si gnal for retiring each to their habitation . The reverend Sire then withdrew , but not till he had uttered these words :
" Plearken , ye tender branches , to j'onr parent stock , bend to the lessons of instruction and imbibe the maxims of age-and ex" penence . As the pismire creeps not to its labour till led by its ; . l ' elders , as the young eagle soars not to the sun , but under the shadow of its mother ' s wing , so neither doth the child of mortality spring forth to actionunless the parent hand point out its de
^ , - " stined labour . Dangerous are the desires of the flesh , and mean | ' the pursuits of the sons of the earth . They stretch out their " sinews , like the patient mule ; they persevere in their chase after trifles , as the camel in the desart . As the leopard springs on his pray , so doth man rejoice over his riches ; and basks in the ' sun of slofhfulnesslike the lion ' cubOn the stream of life
t , s . " float the bodies ofthe careless and intemperate , as the carcasses | of the dead on the waves of the Tigris . Wish not to enjoy life longer then you wish to do good , '' G .