Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-02
AbOu and selim.

AbOu and selim.
I.
One day, along the burning sand,
The desert horsemen sped;
That night, the KizIar Aga's band,
Abou q captive led.
Wounded and bleeding, forward bent
Bound hand to foot, he lay
Beside his sleeping captor's tent,
To die at break Of day.
III
Above the stars, all bright and free,
On Abou's bondage shone;
Below, the strong pulse of the sea,
Did seem to mock his own.
".
Ages Of dead heroic things,
Made Abou's captive bed;
The dust of kingdoms and of Kings,
With Abou's blood was red.
".
In pain, he chafed him on the sand,
Impatient for the day
When, on the stiffness, near at hand,
Broke Selim's eager neigh.
VI.
No watch at night the Arabs keep,
And all all the Aga's force,
Lay in their sable tents asleep,
When Abou heard his horse.
VII.
Over and over, on the ground,
Then Abou rolled along,
And Selinl, near the picket, found,
Held by a knotted thong.
VIII.
s'Thy master, Selim, . Abou said
AS selim sprang apaee;
Then, with a Whitney, bent his head
And touched his masters face.
TX.
''Selim, my joyl in Hegas bred:
Dear as my child or wife;
With thee I share my cup and bed,
Hove thee as my life.
X.
cat dawn we left our rocky hight,ss
We swept the desert dim;
We robbed the caravan, in the light,
At the horizons rim.
XII.
"Oh! curse thy masters cruel greed,
That bade the booty's weight,
Bring down my SeIim's flying speed
To the curt Spahi's gate.
XII.
'Selim, my joy, captive I,
My Selim shall be free;
No Aga's Kahn shall hide the sky,
Ny Arab horse, from thee.
XIII.
'Free as the winds of Egypt blow,
Shall thy fleet footsteps roam;
Go, where the Jordan's waters flow
And cool thy sides of foam;
XIV.
$50 to my tent, thou know'st the way
Share with my child the floor;
Kiss the dear hands, and Selim, say,
Abou will come no more.
XIV.
Then Abou, with his teeth, undid
The knots that held the steed!
And Selim of his fetters rid,
Stood in his strength and speed.
XVI.
Free as the wind; but Selim stayed
BY. .Abou, sore and bound
And with his masters garments play'd
Add raised him of the ground.
XVII
SeIim's soft lips his master felt,
In his strong teeth he hung,
For, lifted by his leathern belt,
Securely, Abou swung.
XVIII.
As firmly. in his teeth and mouth,
He held the fettered man:
Free as the wind of Egypt, south,
Selim his race began.
XIX.
He left asleep the Aga's band,
As rose the morning star:
And stretch'd him deetIy, DER tn sand
For Abou's tent afar.
Xxx.
Uprose the sun his shining eye
Had no such race beheld;
Never was horse below the sky,
By Selim's love impelled.
XVI.
AT noon a moment by the we'll,
Selim his.master laid,
A moment by the palm tree fell,
And rolled him in the shade.
XXI.
All day, above the burning sand,
The courser held his speed:
All night, along the silent land,
LabOred the weary steed.
XVIII.
At morn he climb'd the mount'n side
Where stood his masters home:
The blood drops from his nOstrils wide
Fell with the flakes of lOam.
XIV.
With pant and stagger, Seltm went;
Dim eyes and dropping head,
Laid Abou safely in his tent
And by the door fell dead.
A Tragedy in the Sky.
lam an old man now, but there is
one incident which occurred during
the course of my life that shall never