{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arp/arp029.htm","path":"isl/arp/arp029.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arp/arp029.htm","text":"Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]\nMake now your choice\u2014the terms we give,\n \u00a0\u00a0Desponding victims, hear:\n These fetters on your hands receive,\n \u00a0\u00a0Or in your hearts the spear.\"\n\"And is the conflict o\u2019er?\" we cried;\n \u00a0\u00a0\"And lie we at your feet?\n And dare you vauntingly decide\n \u00a0\u00a0The fortune we must meet?\n\"A brighter day we soon shall see,\n \u00a0\u00a0Though now the prospect lowers;\n And conquest, peace, and liberty\n \u00a0\u00a0Shall gild our future hours.\"\nThe foe advanced;\u2014in firm array\n \u00a0\u00a0We rushed o\u2019er Sabla's sands;\n And the red sabre marked our way\n \u00a0\u00a0Amidst their yielding bands.\nThen, as they writhed in Death's cold grasp,\n \u00a0\u00a0We cried, \"Our choice is made:\n These hands the sabres\u2019 hilt shall clasp,\n \u00a0\u00a0Your hearts shall have the blade!\"","title":"Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On The Battle of Sabla, by Jaafer Ben Alba","type":"page"}