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{{quote|''This glancing life is like a morning star'' |
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''Just as we set out to the desert's cry'' |
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''What is this life that pulls me far away'' |
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|Lorena McKennitt|"Caravanserai"}} |
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{{quote|''When spring-time flushes the desert grass,'' |
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''Our kafilas wind through the Khyber Pass.'' |
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''Lean are the camels but fat the frails,'' |
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''Light are the purses but heavy the bales,'' |
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''As the snowbound trade of the North comes down'' |
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''To the market-square of Peshawur town.'' |
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''In a turquoise twilight, crisp and chill,'' |
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''A kafila camped at the foot of the hill.'' |
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''Then blue smoke-haze of the cooking rose,'' |
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''And tent-peg answered to hammer-nose;'' |
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''And the picketed ponies, shag and wild,'' |
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''Strained at their ropes as the feed was piled;'' |
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''And the bubbling camels beside the load'' |
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''Sprawled for a furlong adown the road;'' |
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''And the Persian pussy-cats, brought for sale,'' |
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''Spat at the dogs from the camel-bale;'' |
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''And the tribesmen bellowed to hasten the food;'' |
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''And the camp-fires twinkled by Fort Jumrood;'' |
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''And there fled on the wings of the gathering dusk'' |
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''A savour of camels and carpets and musk,'' |
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''A murmur of voices, a reek of smoke,'' |
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''To tell us the trade of the Khyber woke.'' |
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|Rudyard Kipling|''The Ballad of the Kings Jest''}} |
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{{quote|Comprador's Report: "Taipan present prices per unit here are, Opium 16500, Silk 1100, Arms 120, General 5. Shall I Buy, Sell, Quit trading, Transfer cargo, Visit bank?|Classic electronic trading game, ''Taipan''}} |
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-Caravanserai by Lorena McKennitt |
Latest revision as of 00:00, 21 January 2024
This glancing life is like a morning star —Lorena McKennitt, "Caravanserai"
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When spring-time flushes the desert grass, —Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of the Kings Jest
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Comprador's Report: "Taipan present prices per unit here are, Opium 16500, Silk 1100, Arms 120, General 5. Shall I Buy, Sell, Quit trading, Transfer cargo, Visit bank?
—Classic electronic trading game, Taipan
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