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# The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/84. The Bursting Asunder
#### 84. The Bursting Asunder (Al-Inshiqaq)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
$^1$ When the heaven bursts asunder,
$^2$ And listens to its Lord and is made fit;
$^3$ And when the earth is stretched,
$^4$ And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
$^5$ And listens to its Lord and is made fit.
$^6$ O man, thou must strive a hard striving (to attain) to thy Lord, until thou meet Him.
$^7$ Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
$^8$ His account will be taken by an easy reckoning,
$^9$ And he will go back to his people rejoicing.
$^{10}$ And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
$^{11}$ He will call for perdition,
$^{12}$ And enter into burning Fire.
$^{13}$ Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his people.
$^{14}$ Surely he thought that he would never return (to Allah) --
$^{15}$ Yea, surely his Lord is ever Seer of him.
$^{16}$ But nay, I call to witness the sunset redness,
$^{17}$ And the night and that which it drives on,
$^{18}$ And the moon when it grows full,
$^{19}$ That you shall certainly ascend to one state after another.
$^{20}$ But what is the matter with them that they believe not?
$^{21}$ And, when the Qur'an is recited to them, they adore (Him) not?
$^{22}$ Nay, those who disbelieve give the lie --
$^{23}$ And Allah knows best what they hide.
$^{24}$ So announce to them a painful chastisement,
$^{25}$ Except those who believe and do good -- for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.
# The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/88. The Overwhelming Event
#### 88. The Overwhelming Event (Al-Ghashiyah)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
$^1$ Has there come to thee the news of the Overwhelming Event?
$^2$ Faces on that day will be downcast,
$^3$ Labouring, toiling,
$^4$ Entering burning Fire,
$^5$ Made to drink from a boiling spring.
$^6$ They will have no food but of thorns,
$^7$ Neither nourishing nor satisfying hunger.
$^8$ Faces on that day will be happy,
$^9$ Glad for their striving,
$^{10}$ In a lofty Garden,
$^{11}$ Wherein thou wilt hear no vain talk.
$^{12}$ Therein is a fountain flowing.
$^{13}$ Therein are thrones raised high,
$^{14}$ And drinking-cups ready placed,
$^{15}$ And cushions set in rows,
$^{16}$ And carpets spread out.
$^{17}$ See they not the clouds, how they are created?
$^{18}$ And the heaven, how it is raised high?
$^{19}$ And the mountains, how they are fixed?
$^{20}$ And the earth, how it is spread out?
$^{21}$ So remind. Thou art only one to remind.
$^{22}$ Thou art not a warder over them --
$^{23}$ But whoever turns back and disbelieves,
$^{24}$ Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.
$^{25}$ Surely to Us is their return,
$^{26}$ Then it is for Us to call them to account.
# The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/92. The Night
#### 92. The Night (Al-Lail)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
$^1$ By the night when it draws a veil!
$^2$ And the day when it shines!
$^3$ And the creating of the male and the female! --
$^4$ Your striving is surely (for) diverse (ends).
$^5$ Then as for him who gives and keeps his duty,
$^6$ And accepts what is good --
$^7$ We facilitate for him (the way to) ease.
$^8$ And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself self-sufficient,
$^9$ And rejects what is good --
$^{10}$ We facilitate for him (the way to) distress.
$^{11}$ And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.
$^{12}$ Surely Ours is it to show the way,
$^{13}$ And surely Ours is the Hereafter and the former.
$^{14}$ So I warn you of the Fire that flames.
$^{15}$ None will enter it but the most unfortunate,
$^{16}$ Who rejects (the truth) and turns (his) back.
$^{17}$ And away from it shall be kept the most faithful to duty,
$^{18}$ Who gives his wealth, purifying himself,
$^{19}$ And none has with him any boon for a reward,
$^{20}$ Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.
$^{21}$ And he will soon be well-pleased.
# The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/87. The Most High
#### 87. The Most High (Al-A'la)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
$^1$ Glorify the name of thy Lord, the Most High!
$^2$ Who creates, then makes complete,
$^3$ And Who measures, then guides,
$^4$ And Who brings forth herbage,
$^5$ Then makes it dried up, dust-coloured.
$^6$ We shall make thee recite so thou shalt not forget --
$^7$ Except what Allah please. Surely He knows the manifest, and what is hidden.
$^8$ And We shall make thy way smooth to a state of ease.
$^9$ So remind, reminding indeed profits.
$^{10}$ He who fears will mind,
$^{11}$ And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,
$^{12}$ Who will burn in the great Fire.
$^{13}$ Then therein he will neither live nor die.
$^{14}$ He indeed is successful who purifies himself,
$^{15}$ And remembers the name of his Lord, then prays.
$^{16}$ But, you prefer the life of this world,
$^{17}$ While the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
$^{18}$ Surely this is in the earlier scriptures
$^{19}$ The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
# The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/89. The Daybreak
#### 89. The Daybreak (Al-Fajr)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
$^1$ By the daybreak!
$^2$ And the ten nights!
$^3$ And the even and the odd!
$^4$ And the night when it departs!
$^5$ Truly in this is an oath for men of understanding.
$^6$ Hast thou not considered how thy Lord dealt with 'Ad,
$^7$ (Of) Iram, having lofty buildings,
$^8$ The like of which were not created in the land;
$^9$ And (with) Thamud who hewed out rocks in the valley;
$^{10}$ And (with) Pharaoh, the lord of hosts,
$^{11}$ Who exceeded limits in the cities,
$^{12}$ And made great mischief there-in?
$^{13}$ So thy Lord poured on them a portion of chastisement.
$^{14}$ Surely thy Lord is Watchful;
$^{15}$ As for man, when his Lord tries him, then gives him honour and favours him, he says: My Lord honours me.
$^{16}$ But when He tries him, then straitens to him his subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
$^{17}$ Nay, but you honour not the orphan,
$^{18}$ Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
$^{19}$ And you devour heritage, devouring all,
$^{20}$ And you love wealth with exceeding love.
$^{21}$ Nay, when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
$^{22}$ And thy Lord comes with the angels, ranks on ranks;
$^{23}$ And hell is made to appear that day. On that day man will be mindful, and of what use will being mindful be then?
$^{24}$ He will say: O would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
$^{25}$ But none can punish as He will punish on that day.
$^{26}$ And none can bind as He will bind on that day.
$^{27}$ O soul that art at rest,
$^{28}$ Return to thy Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing,
$^{29}$ So enter among My servants,
$^{30}$ And enter My Garden!
# The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/85. The Stars
#### 85. The Stars (Al-Buruj)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
$^1$ By the heaven full of stars!
$^2$ And the Promised day!
$^3$ And the bearer of witness and that to which witness is borne!
$^4$ Destruction overtake the companions of the trench!
$^5$ The fire fed with fuel --
$^6$ When they sit by it,
$^7$ And they are witnesses of what they do with the believers.
$^8$ And they punished them for naught but that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,
$^9$ Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is Witness of all things.
$^{10}$ Those who persecute believing men and believing women, then repent not, theirs is the chastisement of hell, and theirs the chastisement of burning.
$^{11}$ Those who believe and do good, theirs are Gardens wherein flow rivers. That is the great achievement.
$^{12}$ Surely the grip of thy Lord is severe.
$^{13}$ Surely He it is Who creates first and reproduces;
$^{14}$ And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
$^{15}$ Lord of the Throne of Power, the Glorious,
$^{16}$ Doer of what He intends.
$^{17}$ Has not there come to thee the story of the hosts,
$^{18}$ Of Pharaoh and Thamud?
$^{19}$ Nay, those who disbelieve give the lie --
$^{20}$ And Allah encompasses them on all sides.
$^{21}$ Nay, it is a glorious Qur'an,
$^{22}$ In a guarded tablet.
# The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/86. The Comer by Night
#### 86. The Comer by Night (Al-Tariq)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
$^1$ By the heaven and the Comer by night!
$^2$ And what will make thee know what the Comer by night is?
$^3$ The star of piercing brightness --
$^4$ There is nor a soul but over it is a keeper.
$^5$ So let man consider of what he is ejected.
$^6$ He is created of water pouring forth,
$^7$ Coming from between the back and the ribs.
$^8$ Surely He is able to return him (to life).
$^9$ On the day when hidden things are manifested,
$^{10}$ Then he will have no strength nor helper.
$^{11}$ By the cloud giving rain,
$^{12}$ And the earth opening (with herbage)!
$^{13}$ Surely it is a decisive word,
$^{14}$ And it is not a joke.
$^{15}$ Surely they plan a plan,
$^{16}$ And I plan a plan.
$^{17}$ So grant the disbelievers a respite -- let them alone for a while.
# The Hounds of Tindalos

* "The Hounds of Tindalos" in Weird Tales, 13 (3) (March 1929)
* "The Hounds of Tindalos" in Weird Tales, 30 (1) (July 1937)
# The Hour-Glass (Yeats)

* "The Hour-Glass—1912", in Responsibilities (1916)
* "The Hour-Glass (in Prose)", in Plays in Prose and Verse (1922)
* "The Hour-Glass (in Verse)", in Plays in Prose and Verse (1922)
# The Hound of the Baskervilles (Newnes, 1902)/front matter

By the Same Author.
MICAH CLARKE.
THE WHITE COMPANY.
RODNEY STONE.
UNCLE BERNAC: A Memory of the Empire.
THE TRAGEDY OF THE KOROSKO.
THE REFUGEES.
THE GREAT SHADOW.
ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.
MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.
THE SIGN OF FOUR.
A STUDY IN SCARLET.
THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE.
THE PARASITE.
EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARD.
CAPTAIN OF THE "POLESTAR."
ROUND THE RED LAMP.
THE STARK MUNRO LETTERS.
THE DOINGS OF RAFFLES HAW.
SONGS OF ACTION.
A DUET.
THE GREEN FLAG.
# The Jacquerie. A Fragment/Song for the Jacquerie (1 of 3)

This poem is one of five “chapters” and three “songs” that Sidney Lanier composed in Macon, Georgia in 1868. They were written as parts of a longer planned work, which was never completed before his untimely death at age 39.

### Song for the Jacquerie

May the maiden,  Violet-laden Out of the violet sea,  Comes and hovers  Over lovers, Over thee, Marie, and me,  Over me and thee.
 Day the stately,  Sunken lately Into the violet sea,  Backward hovers  Over lovers, Over thee, Marie, and me,  Over me and thee.
 Night the holy,  Sailing slowly Over the violet sea,  Stars uncovers  Over lovers, Stars for thee, Marie, and me,  Stars for me and thee.
# The Jacquerie. A Fragment/Song for the Jacquerie (2 of 3)

This poem is one of five “chapters” and three “songs” that Sidney Lanier composed in Macon, Georgia in 1868. They were written as parts of a longer planned work, which was never completed before his untimely death at age 39.

### Betrayal

The sun has kissed the violet sea,  And burned the violet to a rose. O Sea! wouldst thou not better be  Mere violet still? Who knows? who knows?  Well hides the violet in the wood:  The dead leaf wrinkles her a hood,  And winter’s ill is violet’s good;  But the bold glory of the rose,  It quickly comes and quickly goes—  Red petals whirling in white snows,  Ah me!
The sun has burnt the rose-red sea:  The rose is turned to ashes gray. O Sea, O Sea, mightst thou but be  The violet thou hast been to-day!  The sun is brave, the sun is bright,  The sun is lord of love and light;  But after him it cometh night.  Dim anguish of the lonesome dark! —  Once a girl’s body, stiff and stark,  Was laid in a tomb without a mark,  Ah me!
# The Jackdaw and the Doves

Perry index 129
* "A Daw and Pigeons" by Aesop, translated by Roger L'Estrange, in Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists (1692)
* "The Jackdaw and the Doves" by Aesop, translated by George Fyler Townsend, in Three Hundred Æsop's Fables (1867)
* "The Jackdaw and the Pigeons" by Aesop, translated by Vernon Stanley Jones, in Æsop's fables: A New Translation (1912)
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# The Jacquerie. A Fragment

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Sidney Lanier composed these fragments in Macon, Georgia in 1868. They were planned as parts of a longer planned work. According to the notes in the Complete Works, published posthumously:
   Although The Jacquerie remained a fragment for thirteen years Mr. Lanier’s interest in the subject never abated. Far on in this interval he is found planning for leisure to work out in romance the story of that savage insurrection of the French peasantry, which the Chronicles of Froissart had impressed upon his boyish imagination.
The Jacquerie was a popular revolt in late medieval Europe that took place in northern France in 1358, during the Hundred Years' War.

## Contents

* Chapter I – (untitled)
* Chapter II – (untitled)
* Chapter III – (untitled)
* Chapter IV – (untitled)
* Chapter V – (untitled)
* Song for the Jacquerie – (untitled)
* Song for the Jacquerie – “Betrayal”
* Song for the Jacquerie – (untitled)
# The Jacobites Hopes, or Perkin rideing in Triumph

The Jacobites Hopes, or Perkin rideing in Triumph.
Long has Britannia's Empire firmly stood Like some tall Pine that over tops a Wood Whose strenuous Branches has for Ages past Endur'd the Shock of many a Winters blast Unmov'd, unrent her spiring Cliffs appear And blooming Lawrels crown her ev'ry Year No Forreign Pow'r co'd e'er her force restrain No not th'united Pow'rs of France and Spain Nor fierce Bavarin too who brought from far His vet'ran Legions to Support the War But though she is so famous grown in Wars She bleeds beneath her own Intestine Jars A Race of Men that seem from Heav'n hurl'd As the Severest Judgment on the World Whose Practise tis to damn their Liberty And every hour to wish for Slavery These have debauch'd the quiet of her Mind Encreas'd her discords & her Ease declin'd She's now transform'd, no more Serene & Fair But like some Monstrous Hydra does appear By Faction guided and Misled by Rage Her Sons with one another to Engage. I've travell'd France & Italy & Spain Where Earth born Clods in Slavery remain Where Tyrants do by Right Divine misrule And ev'ry Man that's born is born a Fool But I that Kingdom never yet cou'd see $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ Whose People beg'd to lose their Liberty None ever were such Stupid Sots as We We who as yet cou'd never be Content With any Sort or Kind of Government Let us but serioussly this Pourtrait view And learn from hence what Popery will do And what must be th'unhappy Nations doom When ye Pretender to ye Throne shall come Follow'd by Jesuits Monks & Friers & those Who always were ye Church & Nation's Foes When Moderation's made a Sacrifice And quite forsaken underfoot she lies Our Liberties a Prey to Tyrants made And French Dragoons our Properties invade Then will ye Nation wish but all in vain Her former Ease & Grandeur to regain Then shall we all that Toleration want Which some Men are so backward now to grant These are ye hopes of some we plainly See So let 'em hope & always hope for me May Anna long in Peace & Safety reign Whilst France & Hell oppose her Pow'r in vain May the Church flourish & the Nation be $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ Blest with Her present Ease and Liberty May ever Subject Say Amen with Me Though if I might Young Perkins doom relate Yet hang him, I wont prophesy his fate And Heaven forbid that I should say I hope But faith I fear his End will be a Rope.
Explanation.
Drawn by 2 Asses, 2 Tygers, and 2 Dragons.
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# The LORD will happiness divine

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The contrite heart by William Cowper
    The LORD will happiness divine
    On contrite hearts bestow:
    Then tell me, gracious GOD, is mine
    A contrite heart, or no?
    I hear, but seem to hear in vain,
    Insensible as steel;
    If ought is felt, 'tis only pain,
    To find I cannot feel.
    I sometimes think myself inclined
    To love thee, if I could;
    But often feel another mind,
    Averse to all that's good.
    My best desires are faint and few,
    I fain would strive for more;
    But when I cry, "My strength renew,"
    Seem weaker than before.
    Thy saints are comforted I know,
    And love thy house of prayer;
    I therefore go where others go,
    But find no comfort there.
    O make this heart rejoice, or ache;
    Decide this doubt for me;
    And if it be not broken, break,
    And heal it, if it be.
# The Labor Laws of Soviet Russia

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# The Lady of the Lake/Canto Four

THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO FOURTH.
The Prophecy.
THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO FOURTH.
The Prophecy.
END OF CANTO FOURTH.
* ↑ Quartered. See Note.
* ↑ Thrush.
* ↑ Blackbird.
* ↑ Having ten branches on his antlers.
# The Lady of the Lake/Canto Six

THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO SIXTH.
The Guard-Room.
THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO SIXTH.
The Guard-Room.
END OF CANTO SIXTH.
* ↑ A Bacchanalian interjection, borrowed from the Dutch.
* ↑ A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding a great space, and gradually narrowing, brought immense quantities of deer together, which usually made desperate efforts to break through the Tinchel.
# The Lady of the Lake/Canto Five

THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO FIFTH.
The Combat.
THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO FIFTH.
The Combat.
END OF CANTO FIFTH.
* ↑ The Scottish Highlander calls himself Gael, or Gaul, and terms the Lowlanders, Sassenach, or Saxons.
* ↑ An eminence on the north-east of the castle, where state criminals were executed. See Note.
* ↑ Stabbed by James II. in Stirling Castle.
# The Lady of the Lake/Canto One

THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO FIRST
The Chase.
THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO FIRST
The Chase.
END OF CANTO FIRST.
# The Lady of the Lake/Canto Three

THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO THIRD.
The Gathering.
THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO THIRD.
The Gathering.
END OF CANTO THIRD.
* ↑ Funeral Song. See Note.
* ↑ Or corri. The hollow side of the hill, where game usually lies.
* ↑ Faithful. The name of a dog.
* ↑ Bracken. Fern.
* ↑ The Urisk, or Highland satyr. See Note.
# The Lady of the Lake/Canto Two

THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO SECOND.
The Island.
THE
LADY OF THE LAKE.
CANTO SECOND.
The Island.
END OF CANTO SECOND.
* ↑ The well-known cognizance of the Douglas family.
* ↑ Cotton-grass.
* ↑ The drone of the bag-pipe.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Crole, Charles Stewart

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​Crole, Charles Stewart, C.I.E.; (1898), I.C.S. (retired); Educ.: High School and Univ., Edin; joined service, 1862, Student at the College, 1863; on duty in the Sub-Div. Madras, 1868; in charge of Madras Collr’s office, the same year; Sub-Secretary, Bd. of Rev. Madras, 1869; awarded Rs. 2000 for compiling the Chingleput Dis. Manual, 1st December 1879; Ag Commr. of Salt Rev, Madras, 1880; Ag Collector of Sea Customs, Madras, 31st March to 5th November 1880; furlough to Europe, 13th November 1880 to 27th February 1882; returned and was posted as Dist. and Sessions Judge, Kistna, 1882; Collector and Magistrate, 1882; Member, Board of Revenue, 1890; Member, Madras Legislative Council, 1893; retired, 1898; contested Enfield (L.), 1900. Publication: Chinglepat District Manual. Address C/o India office, London.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Cross, Richard Assheton

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​Cross, Richard Assheton, First Viscount: (1816); b. 1823; s. of William Cross; educ; at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge: called to the bar, Inner Temple, 1849; a Bencher M.P. 1876; M.P. for Preston, 1857-62, and S. Lancashire, 1868-86; Home Secretary, 1874-80 and 1885-6; Secretary of State for India, 1886 to 1892; Lord Privy Seal, 1895-1900: made a Viscount, 1886; P.C., G.C.S.I. 1892; D.C.L., LL.D. Cambridge, 1878; G.C.B. 1880; F.R.S., author of legal works. Address: c/o India Office, London.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Croft, Sir Alfred Woodley

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​Croft, Sir Alfred Woodley, M.A.; LL.D.; K.C.I.E.; (1887); C.I.E. (1884) J.P. for Devon: b. 84 s. of late Charles Woodley Croft, of Plymouth. Educ: Mannamead School, Plymouth; Exeter College, Oxford; Lecturer: Exeter Coll, Oxford 1863-5; appointed to Bengal Educational Department, 1866; was Professor, Presy-Coll, Calcutta, 1866-73; Principal Decoa College, 1873-4; Inspector of Schools, 1874-6; Director Public Instruction, Bengal, 1877-97; Member, Indian Education Commition, 1882-3; M.L.C. Bengal, 1887-92; President, Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1892-93: Trustee, Indian Museum, 1894-96; Vice Chancellor, Calcutta University, 1894-96, Governor and Treasurer, South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital (Plymouth), a Governor, Plymouth High School for Boys; and a Trustee of Kelly College, Travistock. Address: Rumleigh, Bere Alston, S. Devon. Club: Royal Western Yacht, Plymouth.