Sonnets written chiefly during a tour through Holland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Hungary. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley |
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THE BAZAARS AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
We took our way through Stamboul's thronged bazaars,Glittering and dazzling bright on every side,
Though shaded from the sun that then did ride
High in the East's sultry skies, those costly wares—
That sumptuous merchandize,—which glows and glares
In bravery, seemed with rainbow-splendours dyed;
The Armenian and the Jew and Turk there tried
To tempt with their piled treasures: flower-wreathed jars,
Broad stuffs of gold and silver, scarfs and shawls
Of broidered beauty, essenced vials sweet,
And gorgeous robes, rich as imperial palls,—
Bright-patterned pearl-bepowdered slippers, meet,
To charm and tempt, in those long, dazzling halls,
Where gravely rest, cross-legged, the merchants on their seat.
Constantinople.
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