Chant of Mystics, and Other Poems

by Ameen Rihani

31 chapters1h 38mEnglish1899

About this book

This is a volume of poetry by the influential Lebanese American author Ameen Rihani. In these poems, the author playfully introduces the American public of the early 1920's to the environment in which he grew up, embellishing the poems with folklore and fairy tale romance. - Summary by Carolin

Chapters (31)

1The Towers and the Night

2The End and the Beginning

3The Cataclysm

116

4Reflections

5The Song of Siva

6The Fruits of Death

7Constantinople

139

8Andalusia

272

9In the Palm Groves of Memphis

539

10Prayer in the Desert

138

11Water and Flowers

12The Song of Rain

105

13The House of Night

179

14After Reading King Lear

15The Wanderer

173

16Lebanus

483

17The Pagan

138

18The Lost Disciple

146

19From the Arabic

20She Went out Singing

21Hanem

130

22O Freedom

140

23The Road of Make-Believe

149

24Renunciation

25A Sufi Song

26The Two Brothers

105

27God of the Distances, Hear Us

371

28Badruddin

257

29The Sufi

136

30The Fugitive

456

31A Chant of Mystics

906

Chant of Mystics, and Other Poems

About this book

Chapters (31)

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