Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How He Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand

Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How He Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand
A play in five acts

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Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How He Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand by James Elroy Flecker

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1922

Pages:

118

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Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How He Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand
A play in five acts

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Book Excerpt

SELIM Thirty-seven times have you made the same remark, O father of repetition.

HASSAN (More dolefully than ever) Eywallah, Eywallah!

SELIM Have you caught fever? Is your chest narrow, or your belly thunderous?

HASSAN (With a ponderous sigh) Eywallah!

SELIM Is that the merchant of sweetmeats, that sour face? O poisoner of children, surely it would be better to cut the knot of reluctance and uncord the casket of explanation. And the poet Antari has justly remarked:

Divide your sorrow and impart your grief, O fool. That good man comforteth beyond belief, O fool.

HASSAN (Inclining towards the mat) None is good, save God. And Abou Awas has excellently sung:

The importunate Are seldom fortunate.

Nevertheless, know, Selim, that I am in love.

SELIM In love! Then why sit moaning on the mat? Are there not bea

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