East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-12-07

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To Cairo city one hot Afternoon,
In the mid summer, came "a anchorite,
Pale, shrunk as sny corpse Thin, lean and
| blanched,
From dwelling in the tombs deep from the light
Tall, gaunt and wan acros'th desert sand
lie strobe, tramrling ON avaice by his side,
Licking his hands, two dapbed panthers paced,
With lolling tongues, and dirk and tawny hi do.
The gilded domes Of Cairo ,lazed and shonc,
Tho minarets arose like lont keen spears
Planted around sleeping Aab's tent.
The Saints attendants priced their spotted ears
When the Muezzib, with hiI droning cry,
Summoned to prayers, and frightened vultures
| screamed,
Sweeping from the gil. roof bat glittcred in The
sky,
And the tall parapet that Ger \ CLEANED.
The hermit came TO whore the traders sat,
Grave turbaned men, weighing out heaps of
pearls,
Rose to the curtained roof in wreathing cyals,
And Abyssnian slaves, with sword and bw,
Watched at the doorway, while dervisi danced
In giddy circles, chanting Allah's nams
With long lean arms outstretched andeyes
entranced
st. vitus spurned the gold and pearls aay,
And struck the Dervish silent with a blo
That loosencd half his teeth (the infdell
And tossed the censors ferccly to and fro
Then sang, defiant of the angry men,
How long, o Lord, how long2 and raised us Dyes
To the high Heaven, praying God to send
Some proof to them from out those burning skies.
And when their knives few out, and eunghs ran
With steel and bowstring, swirl TO choke an bleed,
The Saint drew forth from underneath hisrobe
A Nubian flute, carved from yellow reel,
He put it to his lips and music rose,
So Wild and wayward that, on either hanl,
Straightway, perforoe. the turbaned men began
To whirl and circle like the wind-tossed sind.
And so the Saint passed on until he reached
mosque, with many domes and cupolas
And roof hung thick with lamps and Ostrich eggs
And round the walls a belt Of crescent stars.
Towards the Mecca niche the worshippers
Bent altogether in turband row;
So seeing this idolatry, the Sasnt
Struck the chief-cader, twice a sturdy blow
Then they howled all at once, and many few,
With sabres drawn, upon the holy man,
To toss him to the dogs. The panthors now
Kept them Mt bay, until the saint began
Upon his flute to breathe his magic tune,
Such as the serpent charmers use 10 charm
The sand-asps forth, aud straightway priests and
flock
Began to circle round and free from harm,
He gided forth unto the Caliph's house,
Where in diyan he and tho Vzier were,
oirt with tho council of the rich and wise,
And all the Mullahs who his secrets sharo.
There he raised up the eruciix on high,
Spat on the Koran, cursed Mohammed's name,
Took the proud Caliph's turban from his head,
And threw il TO his panthers. Fire and aamo
Broke forth around him, as when in n mine
The candle comes ungarded, swords flashed out
by twentes, and from inner court to court
Ran the alarm, the Glamour and the shout
The Saint, yed, drew forth his magic flute
(It was the greatest miracle Of ALL
And, 10 4! the soldiers, oounscllors, and slaves
Swept dancing, fever stricken, round the hall.
Round went the Caliph with his shnven head,
Round went the Nizier, raging ms he danced.
Round went the archers and the sable crew
Tore round in circles, every one entraneed
Round, round in eoassIsss sireee, s,-tss~s sssh ~
Down dropt zach sword, down dropped each bow
unbent.
And then the Saint once more into the street
Glidcd unh urt, and sought the market place.
Where dates rolled forth from baskets and the figs
Were purple ripe and every swarthy face
Was hot with wrangling and he cursed Mahound
Loud in the midst and set up there his cross,
Der the mosque gate, and walled aloud psalm,
" Let God arise, and oil His foes confound"
But tho ferco rabbe hissed, and throwing stones
"Slay, say tho wrotchW and "kill,
kill, kill p
And sonic seized palm tree slaves and Jagged
shards;
In every eye there WAS murderous will,
Until the Saint drew forth again his flute,
And all the people drove to the mad dance,
With nodding heads and never wonrying feet,
And leaden eyes fixed in q magic trance.
And so he left them dancing one by ono
fhoy fell in swoons and fevers, worn and spent.
Then the stern anchorite took his magic flute,
And broke it DER his knee, and homeward went,
Tossing the useless tube, now split and rent,
Upon the sand; then through the desert gate
Passed, with his panthers over him beside;
And raised his hands to heaven, and shouted
FORTH
- Amen amen Gods, name bc glorifcdp'