Detdiar sidj as efterluket wurden.
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Through marble halls their perfume shedding ;
And panting birds were flocking there,
The freshness, without fear, to share ;
For well the happy warblers know
The Prophet's follower ne'er, their foe.
But not a human voice was heard,
And not a human footstep stirred.
Silent as stone, each watchful slave
Moved but the ostrich plume to wave ;
So deep a stillness must be kept.
To guard the rest of him that slept !
But hark ! there is a cry without !
' Allah is great ! ' the faithful shout.
The voice of triumph in the street
Starts Aali from his slumber sweet.
He sends a slave the cause to learn —
'Tis for the corsair's safe return ;
New prizes in the harbor ride
To swell Tunisia's wealth and pride.
