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Arabian Poetry: The Romance of Antar: The Hero's Reception by His Tribe

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At daybreak the hero ordered the camels to be loaded and preparations made for continuing their journey home. Decorating Abla with magnificent robes studded with jewels, and placing on her head the diadem of Chosroe, he raised her into the silver litter, with her mother, and commanded the slaves to proceed with them in advance and guard them on the journey. [paragraph continues] "When Abla was seated in the litter, her countenance became radiant and illumined; she smiled in the loveliest…

Arabian Poetry: The Romance of Antar: The Hero's Reception by His Tribe

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