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 VOU are a poet. I my nose 
 Grind at the humbler wheel 
 of prose, 
 
 But now and then I make a 
 stanza 
 
 What's that you say? It does 
 not scan, Sir? 
 
 What then ? I may be Sancho 
 Panza, 
 
 But let not you on Rosinante 
 
 Despise my donkey's crude 
 
 andante. 
 Yours be the visions, yours the 
 
 fame, 
 
 I have my pleasure all the same ; 
 And though its not high poesy, 
 Lascelles, its good enough for
 
 LIST OF COLOUR PLATES 
 
 I. "His only thought was love and pride 
 In Princess Bedrelbood, his I) fide. 
 
 II. ' The man was dressed in yellow and black." 
 
 III. "And sobbing he sat under the tree.' 9 
 
 IV. The Slave of the Lamp. 
 
 V. ' The Sultan s daughter, Bedrelbood." 
 
 VI. "And twelve tall negroes, black as coals, 
 And twelve tall slaves, Circassian, white." 
 
 VII. "A crowd 
 
 Of pig-tailed Chinamen who bowed" 
 
 VIII. "Of all miraculous surprises" 
 IX. "New lamps for old do I supply" 
 
 X. ' Tis little good to chase 
 
 The deeds of magic with a horse." 
 
 XI. ' The Magician struck but his blows fell wide." 
 
 XII. "He flung far out the talisman."
 
 A 
 
 DDIN
 
 HE wind blows through the 
 bamboo wood, 
 
 The coloured lanterns swing 
 and gleam, 
 
 And sleeping Chinese children 
 
 dream 
 
 Of small Aladdin and his Djinns. 
 They know his mother kind and good, 
 His slit-eyed princess Bedrelbood, 
 His lamp, his ring, the kite he had, 
 The old magician cruel and bad, 
 And all that tale of Mandarins 
 And ancient times.
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 HE tale begins 
 
 In an extremely simple way, 
 
 With small Aladdin at his 
 play, 
 
 In Pekin on a summer day. 
 Pekin is far beyond the seas, 
 Where everyone talks good Chinese, 
 Dresses in satin, gold and black, 
 And wears a pigtail down his back. 
 Aladdin in the market square 
 Was flying a paper kite so high 
 He could not see that it was there 
 Above him in the burning sky. 
 But how it tugged ! The wind grew strong 
 And dragged the little boy along 
 Across the square and through the street 
 Where wise folk turned to see him run 
 And thought that he did this for fun, 
 And laughed to see his twinkling feet.
 
 Now near the roofs, now on the ground 
 He ran with perilous leap and bound, 
 And though he tugged with all his might 
 He very soon was out of sight. 
 For stronger grew the wind until 
 Against the small Aladdin's will 
 He left the city far behind, 
 And ran and leapt until at last 
 
 He found himself 
 And dreadful desertf 
 
 No grass 
 no shady 
 
 No flowers to 
 wandering 
 
 upon the vast 
 of Shukind. 
 
 grows there, 
 trees, 
 
 feast the 
 bees,
 
 ALADDI 
 
 There are no horses, cows or dogs, 
 No donkey, goats, nor even frogs. 
 Aladdin's feet were tired. He slipped, 
 And with a gust of wind had whipped 
 The kite-string from his fingers. Gone 
 For ever was his favourite toy, 
 And in the desert all alone 
 Aladdin sat upon a stone, 
 A most unhappy little boy. 
 And then the sun turned blazing red- 
 The dark swept up, and swift and loud, 
 And muttering like an angry crowd, 
 The wind went rushing overhead. 
 Aladdin hugged his knees with fright 
 And sat and shivered through the night.
 
 The man was dressed in yellow and black."
 
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 : .-m the desert all alone 
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 When morning came he looked across 
 
 The stretching plain where he found he was, 
 
 And saw yellow sand and rocks and 
 
 stones, 
 
 And big black vultures picking 
 bones. 
 
 where
 
 ALADDI 
 
 HE little boy never knew from 
 where 
 
 Or how he came to be 
 standing there, 
 
 But when he turned his 
 head he saw 
 
 A man who had not been there before. 
 
 The man was dressed in yellow and 
 black, 
 
 An old man with a crooked back. 
 
 His clothes were the richest that ever 
 were made, 
 
 He wore on his finger a ring of jade. 
 
 "Good morning, Aladdin," he said, "And 
 how 
 
 "Do you come to be where I find you 
 now ? "
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 LADDIN, < 
 
 surprised to hear his 
 name, 
 Stood up and said 
 
 "Please Sir, I came 
 "After my kite, which was terribly 
 
 strong, IsS 
 
 " And bumped me and bruised me and 
 dragged me along, 
 
 "And left me here and the kite is 
 gone,
 
 ALADDIN! 
 
 "And all through the night I've been 
 sitting alone ! " 
 
 "A fortunate chance," said the crooked 
 old man, 
 
 " I can help you as no other person can ; 
 
 " 1 will make you great, I will make you 
 rich.
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 F you pull up the flat stone 
 
 which 
 Is under the earth where 
 
 now I stand, 
 "I will make you wealthy in houses 
 
 and land." 
 " My mother is poor and begs in the 
 
 street, 
 "And never is certain of something 
 
 to eat. 
 " Good Sir, I'll feed her and dress her 
 
 fine, 
 "And give her pomegranates and 
 
 Chinese wine 
 
 " And build her a palace ever so big. 
 " Kind Sir, good Sir, show me where 
 to dig." 
 
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 The old man rubbed his hands. " Dig here," 
 He said "Dig well, and then, my dear, 
 "You shall ^^ ^^^v clothe your 
 
 mother in V3 \ I A \ silver and 
 
 gold,
 
 lALADDINgi 
 
 "And give her the wealth of the earth 
 to hold." 
 
 For the old, old man was cunning and 
 bad, 
 
 And Aladdin's simplicity 
 
 made him glad.
 
 I ALADDIN 
 
 LADDIN digs 
 
 with his little hands, 
 
 And scoops the earth 
 while the old man 
 stands, 
 
 Smiling with wickedness, smiling 
 with greed, 
 
 Smiling to see the little hands bleed. 
 
 " Why here is a ring," said Aladdin 
 at last, 
 
 "I cannot move it, I think it is 
 fast 
 
 "To something else." Said the 
 wicked old man, 
 
 " Dig harder, my dear, and perhaps 
 you can."
 
 lALADDIN 
 
 |O Aladdin dug, and his fingers 
 bled, 
 
 And the sides of the hole 
 were over his head. 
 
 He came to the stone that 
 was under the ring, 
 
 And pulled and pulled like anything. 
 
 And the old man pulled and the earth 
 gave way, 
 
 And the stone and the ring became loose 
 where they lay. 
 
 Under the stone was a deep dark hole, 
 As round as a well, as black as a coal, 
 And far below, nearly out of sight, 
 Aladdin saw a flicker of light. 
 And a scent of jasmin came from the well, 
 And the tinkling sound of a tiny bell. 
 "Go down, go down," the old man said, 
 And gave Aladdin his ring of jade.
 
 lALADDI 
 
 
 HIS ring will keep 
 from all harm, 
 
 It is a very powerful 
 charm. 
 
 " And where you see that 
 spark of light, 
 
 You will find a garden summer-bright, 
 And gems like sand upon the shore, 
 More than you ever saw before, 
 And jewels growing on the trees 
 Pick as many as you please. 
 For you the gems, for me one thing, 
 And one alone 1 bid you bring. 
 A dingy lamp beneath the tree 
 From which the bell hangs 
 
 fetch to me. 1
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 LADDIN clambered down 
 and fell, 
 
 Into the darkness of 
 the well, 
 
 And when he looked his eyes 
 were dazed, 
 
 All round him precious jewels 
 blazed, 
 
 Ruby, turquoise, chrysoprase, 
 Diamond, emerald and topaz, 
 Moonstone, sunstone, amethyst, 
 
 
 ...
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 No clerk could ever end the list. 
 There was a garden, emerald green, 
 With pearls for snowdrops set between. 
 Diamonds for daisies, and a scent 
 Of jasmin, and he saw the tree, 
 And heard the bell and quickly went 
 To where it was and then could see 
 The lamp for which he had been sent.
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 A common lamp of tarnished brass. 
 Dingy upon that emerald grass. 
 Aladdin filled his coat with gems, 
 His baggy trousers to the hems 
 
 He stuffed with stones. He almost 
 cried 
 
 To see what loads there were beside 
 
 Those he could take. He bent to 
 pick 
 
 The lamp, and heard a voice, "Be 
 quick ! " 
 
 He hurried and looked up the well, 
 
 He longed to climb, he longed to 
 tell 
 
 His mother of the things he'd seen, 
 How kind the old, old man had been. 
 
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 ALADDI 
 
 |E climbed and climbed, but near 
 the top 
 
 The wall was smooth, he had 
 to stop. 
 
 "Give me your hand, good Sir, I beg, 
 "Or I shall fall and break my leg." 
 "Give me the lamp," the old man cried 
 And then I'll help you up the side." 
 "Give me the lamp," he said again, 
 
 "Give me the precious 
 lamp, I'm fain 
 
 "To have it safe, lest 
 you should fall, 
 
 "And falling, break the 
 lamp and all." 
 
 Aladdin saw the old 
 man's eyes, 
 
 And they were squint- 
 ing evilwise.
 
 IALADDIN 
 
 E said, "I'll hold the lamp I've 
 found 
 
 "Until I'm safely on the 
 ground." 
 
 "Give me the lamp, you wicked boy." 
 "Help, and I'll give it you with joy." 
 "Give me the lamp, I'll help you then, 
 "Give, or you'll not want help again." 
 "I'll hold it till you help me out," 
 
 This did the small 
 Aladdin shout 
 
 The old man, 
 
 very much displeased, 
 
 Asked once again, and 
 then he seized 
 
 The stone and shut 
 Aladdin in. 

 
 ALADDIN 
 
 PAY with your lamp," the old 
 man said, 
 
 "And how soe'er you shout, 
 no din 
 
 "That you can make will bring you aid." 
 
 Then black \ with rage the old 
 
 man went 
 Away to t^S another continent.
 
 "And sobbing he sat under the tree.
 
 


 
 lALADDIN 
 
 OW sad it is," he said, 
 "to know 
 
 "That boy has got what 
 "I forego. 
 
 'Tis his by right, for 'tis foretold 
 That that small . Chinese boy shall hold 
 The magic lamp, //) and yet I'm come 
 From far Morocco,^* where the drum
 
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 Bids to the midday mosque, and fled 
 My home for it, and now 'tis gone. 
 Aladdin has it, and alone 
 Within that well, below that stone, 
 It comforts me to think him dead."
 
 II 
 
 LADDIN, when he saw the 
 stone 
 
 Shut him in darkness all 
 alone, 
 
 Cried a little and tried a 
 shout 
 
 And going to the garden looked about 
 
 To find some other secret way 
 
 To take him back to the Chinese day, 
 
 Where the great sun shines in a yellow 
 sky, 
 
 And yellow Chinese go hurrying by. 
 For he was afraid of the plain of 
 Shukind,
 
 ALADDI 
 
 ND the big black birds 
 
 he had left behind, 
 And he shivered with 
 terror and shook with 
 fright 
 
 As he thought of those 
 old eyes eagle-bright, 
 
 Squinting and angry, 
 fierce and keen, 
 
 With a cruel and wicked 
 old nose between.
 
 lALADDIN 
 
 |E could find no opening; there 
 was none 
 
 Except the well that was 
 closed by the stone. 
 
 Two big tears came out 
 and twinkled 
 
 In his slit eyes, and his round mouth 
 wrinkled, 
 
 And sobbing he sat under the tree, 
 Where the little bell tinkled merrily. 
 He clasped his hands in grey despair, 
 When there was a rushing in the air, 
 A flash of light, a quiver, a shock, 
 An opening in the solid rock, 
 A smell of fire, and, hot with speed, 
 
 A great Djinn bowed and asked his 
 need. 
 
 A Djinn, of course, is a kind of fairy, 
 Ten times as large and not so airy,
 
 ALADDI 
 
 A monstrous creature with legs like towers, 
 And breath like a hurricane, and eyes 
 Burning bright like huge sunflowers, 
 And hands and feet to match his size. 
 "Master," he said, "My power I bring 
 "To serve whoever rubs the ring. 
 "The Ring," the monstrous creature said, 
 And pointed to the ring of jade.
 
 iglALADDIN 
 
 Aladdin had rubbed it by mistake, 
 
 And he trembled when he saw 
 the Djinn 
 
 But bravely said, 'I beg you take 
 44 Me back to my mother in Pekin ; 
 
 "She lives in the smallest house 
 of all- 
 
 "You will frighten her by being 
 so tall." 
 
 "Master," the monster said, "I do 
 
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 ALADDI 
 
 4 Whatever you care to tell me to. 
 
 "No one can see me but you, for a 
 
 Djinn 
 "Can walk through crowds and be 
 
 unseen. 
 "And whenever you rub your ring of 
 
 jade 
 
 "I'm your servant to do whatever I'm 
 bade. 
 
 "Now master, if you will hold on tight, 
 
 "You will see your mother before 
 twilight." f , 
 
 Aladdin held on to the Djinn's great 
 shoulder, 
 
 And before he was half a second older 
 
 He was kissing his mother and telling his 
 tale.
 
 The Slave of the Lamp.
 
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 IS mother shivered: her face 
 grew pale. 
 
 "Poor boy," she said, 
 " And I have no meat, 
 
 "And since yesterday noon 
 you've had nothing to eat." 
 
 Then Aladdin remembered the Slave of 
 the Ring. 
 
 " Go quickly," he said, " and as quickly 
 bring 
 
 A dinner of fruit, of fish and of beast.
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 ^O O O _<; 
 
 OR my mother and I will sit 
 down to a feast." 
 
 "I'm afraid your head is 
 upset my dear," 
 
 His mother said, " For 
 there's nobody here." 
 
 But while she was speaking a rushing 
 breeze 
 
 Lifted the rush-mats on the floor, 
 
 And there was 
 a noise like 
 falling trees 
 
 And something 
 came in, but 
 not by the door, 
 
 And the table 
 was covered 
 with platters 
 of gold
 
 lALADDINfiii 
 
 Piled as high as the platters 
 could hold 
 
 With fish of the river and fish of 
 the sea 
 
 And delicate meats and pomegran- 
 ates and grapes, 
 
 And all the fine spices of Araby. 
 
 And Aladdin smiles, and his mother 
 gapes. 
 
 "Aladdin!" she cried, "Aladdin! 
 Behold ! 
 
 " Why even the chopsticks are made 
 of gold." 
 
 So mother and son sat down and fed, 
 
 And when they had eaten they went 
 to bed, 
 
 And woke in the morning and ran 
 to recite
 
 ALADDI 
 
 To each other the dream they had had in 
 
 the night. 
 "Ah me ! " said the mother, " Oh if it were 
 
 true. 
 
 "We should be happy, I and you!" 
 And true it was, for the golden dishes 
 Laden with fruit and meat and fishes, 
 More than to eat they had been able, 
 Lay with the chopsticks on the table. 
 So they sat down without any bother 
 And gave tit-bits to one another. 
 When all the food was done, they sold 
 One of the platters made of gold, 
 And so they lived for two or three years 
 And never quarrelled at all, the dears. 
 Aladdin forgot the Slave of the Ring 
 
 When he saw how much money the 
 platters would bring.
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 T last the platters were all of 
 of them sold, 
 
 And his mother who needed 
 a piece of gold 
 
 To buy some, more food, 
 decided to sell 
 
 The lamp that her son had brought back 
 from the well. 
 
 "It's as dirty a lamp as ever was seen, 
 
 "But I'll rub it and scrub it and make 
 it clean 
 
 "And someone or other will give me its 
 price,
 
 "And 1*11 take the money and buy some 
 
 rice," 
 So she rubbed, and fell to the matted 
 
 floor 
 When a roaring wind knocked down the 
 
 door 
 And the roof of the house shook over 
 
 her head 
 And a voice like thunder came and said 
 
 "The Slave of the Lamp, I am here to 
 
 do 
 "Whatever service you set me to." 
 
 "If you," said the boy, "are the Slave of 
 the Ring, 
 
 "Another feast I bid you bring." 
 
 But the Djinn looked down on Aladdin 
 and smiled. 
 
 "The Slave of the Ring," he said, "is a 
 child 
 
 "By the side of me. Why in earth or 
 sky
 
 There is no other Djinn 
 
 as strong as I. "^ _ ^vyy 
 
 "If you rub the lamp, I am always 
 
 there. 
 
 "In water, fire, or earth, or air, 
 
 "To do your bidding. Food? he 
 cried. 
 
 "My master shall be well supplied." 
 
 And before Aladdin's mother was 
 able 
 
 To rise from the floor he had 
 covered the table
 
 With the rarest fruits and the rarest meats 
 The rarest fish and the rarest sweets, 
 In platters of gleaming gold that shone 
 Like the sun in the sky, and then he 
 was gone. 
 
 And so Aladdin _*aa*. blessed the day 
 
 When the kite '^WH: dragged him so 
 
 ' 
 far away.
 
 IALADDIN 
 
 And left him alone with birds and bones 
 And sandy desert and cold grey stones. 
 "Why even the cruel old man was kind,' 
 He said, "in leaving me behind. 
 "Why but for him I should be dead, 
 "And I am warm and well instead."
 
 ALADDI 
 
 UT far away in the land of 
 the Moors 
 
 Who lived in white tents 
 out of doors, 
 
 The old man saw in a magic glass 
 Everything that had come to pass; 
 And his cruel eyes grew hard and cold. 
 He took his staff and a purse of gold 
 And started to walk to far Pekin 
 
 To steal ^%^H g^^^_ the lamp 
 from .^^jTw S^fc^fW Ala-Ed-Din.
 
 Ill 
 
 HE silver moons did wax and 
 wane, 
 
 Grew round and sickle-shaped 
 again, 
 
 And cherry-blossom with its 
 scent 
 
 Of Chinese spring-time came and went 
 Some fifteen times. That Chinese boy, 
 His mother's mainstay, hope and joy, 
 Grew up. His pig-tail thick and black 
 Hung gallantly behind his back. 
 His mother too grew old, but she
 
 ALADDIN! 
 
 Lived with Aladdin merrily, 
 And fed off gold and silver plate, 
 And went to bed early and got up late; 
 And both were as happy as happy could be, 
 Until Aladdin chanced to see 
 The Sultan's daughter, Bedrelbood, 
 Who was as pretty as she was good. 
 With coal-black eyes and blue-black hair, 
 And smooth round cheeks as red as roses, 
 And little hands with polished nails, 
 The snubbiest of snubby noses, 
 A voice just like a nightingale's, 
 And the clothes that Chinese ladies wear 
 A pale blue gown with stalks upon it, 
 A crown instead of a common bonnet, 
 The sweetest thing that was ever wooed 
 Was the Sultan's daughter, Bedrelbood.
 
 lALADDIN 
 
 LADDIN "could not sleep 
 or eat. 
 
 He turned with loathing 
 from his meat 
 
 He could not touch the little fish 
 His mother cooked in a golden dish; 
 
 He wept and sobbed and gave 
 his rice 
 
 To feed the little hungry mice. 
 
 He broke his chopsticks. "Oh," he 
 said, 
 
 " I very much wish that I were dead,"
 
 ALADDI 
 
 IS mother took a fan, and fanned 
 
 His woeful face, and with 
 her hand 
 
 She stroked his pig-tail. 
 "Oh, my son," 
 
 She said, "You tell me what you've done, 
 " And why you are sad. I will comfort you, 
 "For that's what Chinese mothers do." 
 
 He took ^^^*5?W5^^ her hand 
 and ,,gg| |^^^^>, held 
 it ^1 lBW{7t&^^ tight.
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 
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 o o 
 
 OTHER," he said, "Your 
 son caught sight 
 
 " Of the Sultan's daughter. 
 I cannot eat, 
 
 "The Sultan's daughter is so sweet. 
 "Oh, mother, if only I could wed 
 
 "The Sultan's daughter," Aladdin 
 said. 
 
 She stroked his pigtail and she 
 smiled : 
 
 "I do not see why not, my child, 
 " For you are lord of lamp and ring 
 "And capable of anything. 
 
 "And you are handsome, yes and 
 strong, 
 
 "And never have done a thing 
 that's wrong. 
 
 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOO 
 
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 " 
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 H, my Aladdin is quite as good 
 
 As the Sultan's daughter, 
 Bedrelbood ! " 
 
 Oh, mother, mother, you 
 forget 
 
 "How rigid is the etiquette. 
 
 "For a princess it is a sin 
 
 "To marry less than a mandarin, 
 
 "A mandarin with buttons of gold, 
 
 "A thousand slaves and a palace too, 
 
 "Why I could never be so bold 
 
 "As to ask her to live with me and you." 
 
 "My son, my son, no mandarin 
 
 " Has got a pair of monstrous Djinn. 
 
 "Why you are a greater man than all 
 
 "With two such servants at your call. 
 
 "Fill me that bowl upon the shelf 
 
 "With precious jewels, and, myself,
 
 "The Sultan' s daughter, Bedrelbood"
 
 ALADD1 
 
 H, my 
 
 "As tbe Soli 
 
 " How rigid is the *;< 
 14 For a princes* > 
 
 To marry k* dims 
 "A niandarici wit! 
 **A tbou- . 
 
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 liter, 
 
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 s of gold, 
 a palace too, 
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 "I'll drag along my tired old bones 
 " And give the Sultan those precious stones, 
 "And tell him that you want to wed 
 " His daughter." So his mother said. 
 The lamp was rubbed. The mighty Djinn 
 Emptied the gleaming jewels in. 
 Aladdin's mother took her staff, 
 And winked to make Aladdin laugh. 
 
 Under her rags she 
 hid the bowl, 
 
 And, like a beg- 
 gar who seeks 
 a dole, 
 
 She went to the 
 palace and 
 waited about 
 
 Until the Sultan 
 should come 
 out.
 
 ALADDI 
 
 The Sultan came to take the air, 
 And saw the old woman standing there. 
 "Old woman," said he, "What can I do 
 "To please the weary old heart of you." 
 
 " Why, nothin"/r> Aladdin's 
 mother 
 
 " I have BB* W brought a present 
 
 for you ^pSlSjr instead." 
 
 The Sultan SJ| laughed.' " A 
 
 present M ^^N L for me 
 
 From you in your rags and your poverty ?
 
 lALADDINSi 
 
 HE answered, " A present 
 from Ala-ed-Din, 
 
 "The richest man in 
 all Pekin." 
 
 And she offered him the 
 gleaming bowl 
 
 With every stone like fiery 
 coal. 
 
 Good woman, Good woman! 
 the Sultan cries, 
 
 I can hardly believe my 
 imperial eyes.
 
 lALADDI 
 
 "For of all the gems in all the earth 
 "These are the jewels of greatest worth. 
 What size, what colour, what a glow! 
 "From the Yang-tse-Kiang to the 
 Hoang-Ho 
 
 "There are many rich 
 men, but with 
 all their 
 thrift 
 
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 "They could not buy such a magnificent 
 
 gift. 
 "Who is this Aladdin, the wonderful 
 
 one ? " 
 
 The old woman bobbed and said, " He is 
 my son." 
 
 "Your son?" said the Sultan. "Why no 
 Chinee 
 
 "Has ever sent such a present to me. 
 
 "Let him ask a boon. There is nothing 
 that I 
 
 "To Aladdin the generous will deny." 
 
 The old woman bobbed still lower and 
 said, 
 
 "Oh Sultan, he wishes that he were dead. 
 
 "For he wishes to marry, and oh that he 
 could ! 
 
 "Your daughter, the princess Bedrelbood." 
 "Aladdin's your son," the Sultan said, 
 "And the Princess Bedrelbood must wed 
 "None but a princely Mandarin,
 
 "And your son is unknown at 
 
 the court of Pekin." 
 "My son, O Sultan, is by far 
 "Richer than ever princes are. 
 
 "These gems are nothing, a 
 thousand more 
 
 " Would make no difference to his 
 
 store." 
 The Sultan weighed the bowl and 
 
 sighed. 
 
 "A thousand gems like these," he 
 cried, 
 
 "There is not such wealth in all 
 the land 
 
 "As this bowl of gems that I 
 hold in my hand. 
 
 "If your son can send me twelve 
 such bowls, 
 
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 ALADDIN 
 
 delight. 1 
 
 "And twelve tall negroes, black as coals, 
 "And twelve tall slaves, Circassian, white, 
 
 "With another twelve bowls, why then I 
 
 might 
 "Give Bedrelbood for his 
 
 The old woman hur- 
 ried as quick 
 as she could 
 
 To tell Aladdin to 
 rub the ring 
 
 Or the Lamp and 
 order the Djinn 
 to bring 
 
 The price of the 
 Princess Bedrel- 
 bood.
 
 ALADD1 
 
 "Twenty-four slaves most richly 
 
 dressed, 
 "Twelve white, all blackamoors 
 
 the rest, 
 "And bowls of jewels four and 
 
 twenty 
 "Surely the monstrous Djinn has 
 
 plenty." 
 
 Aladdin rubbed the miraculous ring 
 And the flapping of a mighty wing 
 Filled the room with a howling 
 
 gale. 
 
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 "And twelve tall negroes, black as coals, 
 "And twelve tall slaves, Circassian, white.''
 
 
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 ALADDIN 
 
 LADDIN'S mother turned 
 quite pale. 
 
 But the Djinn stood there, 
 " Your will, my lord, 
 
 "Shall be accomplished/* 
 the monster roared. 
 
 "Take to the Sultan to- 
 morrow at noon 
 
 "Twelve slaves as pale 
 as is the moon,
 
 ALADDI 
 
 "And with them twelve as black as night, 
 "And fill with jewels shining bright 
 "Twenty-four bowls. The slaves must be 
 "All gorgeous with embroidery." 
 The Djinn replied, "It shall be done." 
 There was a flash, and he was gone.
 
 IV 
 
 T noon the Sultan sat within 
 
 The gilded palace of old 
 Pekin, 
 
 And all his subjects passed 
 before him 
 
 To worship him and to adore him, 
 
 To say thank you and to implore him 
 
 To lessen this one's poverty, 
 
 To punish that one's treachery, 
 
 Or make this one a mandarin. 
 
 Before the throne there passed a crowd 
 
 Of pig-tailed Chinamen who bowed 
 
 And bumped their heads upon the ground.
 
 I ALADDIN! 
 
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 UT the great Sultan looking 
 
 round, 
 
 Saw Aladdin's mother stand- 
 ing in a corner, 
 Afraid lest the mandarins should scorn her. 
 The Sultan called to the timid old soul. 
 "It was you who gave me the precious 
 bqwl,
 
 IALADDIN 
 
 "And you whose son 
 
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 aspires to wed 
 "The Princess Bedrelbood," he said. 
 
 The old woman answered. "I am 
 the same, 
 
 "And Bedrelbood I am come to 
 claim." 
 
 "But where are the jewels, the bowls, 
 
 and the slaves ? " 
 The Sultan asked. Just then like 
 
 waves
 
 ALADDIN! 
 
 Beating upon a rocky shore, 
 
 The noise of shouting rolled before 
 
 A crowd that marched with tramping din 
 
 Up to the palace of old Pekin. 
 
 "Behold! Behold! What gems! What 
 kings 
 
 " Are those that bear them ! See the 
 rings 
 
 " Upon their fingers ! Black and white ! 
 " By Allah, what a glorious sight ! " 
 Nearer the shouting came, and then 
 Into the palace. Mighty men 
 With golden bowls upon their heads, 
 With gems in gleaming pyramids, 
 
 Strode through the crowd. Before the 
 throne 
 
 They stood like statues made of stone, 
 Like statues made of ebony, 
 And statues made of ivory,
 
 All draped in amethyst and gold 
 And monstrous like the giants of old. 
 "My son who wishes now to be 
 "Thy son-in-law sends these to thee." 
 Aladdin's mother speaks and waves 
 Her hand, and the gigantic slaves 
 Kneel down, and empty into a heap 
 Their bowls of jewels. Each his head 
 
 Bumped hard upon the ground 
 and said
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 |E and the gems are thine to 
 keep. 
 
 "Our master begs thee fix 
 the day 
 
 "For the Princess to come 
 away 
 
 "And be his wife." The Sultan frowned 
 
 Then looked at the jewels on the ground. 
 
 "Go sound the trumpets, beat the gongs; 
 
 "The Princess Bedrelbood belongs 
 
 " To your young lord," the Sultan said ; 
 
 "This very day shall they be wed." 
 
 Aladdin's mother ran to tell 
 
 Her son the news. It pleased him well. 
 
 He took and rubbed the magic lamp, 
 
 The Djinn appeared in clouds of fire. 
 
 Aladdin, urgent, swift did stamp 
 
 His foot. "I see my sweet desire 
 
 So close before me. Quick, O Djinn, 
 
 "Remove these rags that I stand in,
 
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 Of pig-tailed Chinamen who bowed.'' 1
 
 
 are thine to 
 
 :er begs thee fix 
 
 
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 come 
 
 <i frowned 
 the ground. 
 , beat the gongs; 
 
 ones 
 
 iltan said ; 
 
 lamp, 
 . of fire. 
 
 J Djinn, 
 tand in,
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 " Clothe me magnificent ; a horse 
 
 "I need to ride, and slaves of 
 course, 
 
 " And twenty thousand golden ducats, 
 44 Packed in little silver buckets, 
 "To throw abroad among the crowd 
 "And make the people cry aloud." 
 " Thy will is done," the Djinn replied, 
 "See in the mirror if I lied." 
 Aladdin looked into a glass, 
 And very much astonished, was. 
 For he was clothed in gold brocade, 
 And had a necklace made of jade, 
 
 And he heard a mighty horse that 
 neighed 
 
 Out in the street, and the shouts of 
 men
 
 And trampling feet, and drums, and then 
 He heard them cry out, "All Pekin 
 " Waits for the Lord Ala-ed-Din." 
 Aladdin his mighty horse bestrode, 
 And a hundred servants as he rode 
 Scattered money out of the buckets, 
 The twenty thousand golden ducats, 
 And so like a famous potentate 
 Aladdin rode to the Sultan's gate. 
 Of course the Sultan was there to meet him, 
 And pleasantly did the Sultan greet him.
 
 lALADDIN 
 
 "The wedding feast in on the board, 
 " We wait for you ; most noble lord, 
 "My daughter looks for you, and since 
 "She's a Princess, I make you Prince." 
 Aladdin leapt from his horse and kissed 
 The Sultan's ring of amethyst. 
 "Father," he said, "I wish to give 
 "Your daughter a palace where we may 
 live. 
 
 "Show me the ground where I may raise 
 "A palace with a score of bays." 
 "If you could build it here I could 
 "<Be near my daughter, Bedrelbood." 
 "No greater pleasure could there be 
 "Than thy august proximity.
 
 lALADDI 
 
 
 OOK from thy window at break 
 of day, 
 
 " And thou shalt see the sun's 
 first ray 
 
 "Fall on the topmost minaret 
 
 "Of the palace that shall there be set." 
 
 "Impossible," the Sultan sighed, 
 
 "But enter now, and greet your bride." 
 
 And thus Aladdin wed and wooed 
 
 The Sultan's daughter, Bedrelbood.
 
 IRDS' nests in soup and yellow 
 snails, 
 
 Peaches and strawberries and 
 
 quails, 
 
 Roc's eggs on toast and oyster pies, 
 And jars of potted dragonflies, 
 Everything wonderful and good 
 Was the wedding-feast of Bedrelbood. 
 But while the golden chopsticks flashed, 
 And Chinese goblets clinked and clashed, 
 And all the fun was at its height, 
 Aladdin slipped off into the night, 
 And caught his horse, and through Pekin
 
 ALADDI 
 
 Rode to his house and hurried in, 
 
 And rubbed the lamp, and called the 
 Djinn. 
 
 "O Djinn," he cried, "I beg you build 
 "A noble palace in the field 
 "Before the Sultan's palace gate. 
 "Nor must the Sultan have to wait 
 "Before he sees it standing there, 
 "Raising its towers into the air. 
 "And all the people must confess 
 "They never saw /] such loveliness.
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 'To-morrow when the Sultan's eyes 
 "Open all sleepy let them see 
 "The palace you have built for me 
 "Catch the first glory of the skies." 
 "It shall be done." The monstrous Djinu 
 Was gone as if he had not been. 
 And the young Aladdin mounted his horse, 
 
 And galloped back to the palace. Of 
 
 course 
 
 He sat on a throne on the Sultan's right, 
 And feasted and sang far into the night. 
 And then each Chinese sleepy head 
 Went comfortably off to bed.
 
 ALADDI 
 
 
 EXT morning early the Sultan 
 rises, 
 
 Opens his bamboo window- 
 shutters, 
 
 Opens his eyes, his mouth, 
 and stutters, 
 
 "Of all miraculous surprises! 
 "Who ever thought Aladdin could 
 "Give such a proof of masterhood? 
 "Why, how it shines, and how the sun 
 "Lights up the windows, every one 
 "Is like a blazing stone, the towers 
 "Go up into the sky like flowers! 
 "See how the carven dragons gleam 
 " All golden in the gold sun-beam ! " 
 For Djinns are never the ones to shirk, 
 
 And the Slave of the Lamp had been hard 
 at work, 
 
 A swift and silent architect.
 
 Of all miraculous surprises."
 
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 early the Sul 
 
 eyes, his mouth, 
 d stutters, 
 ,r prises! 
 
 ght Aladdin could 
 masterhood ? 
 j how tht 
 one 
 towers 
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 learn 
 
 o shirk, 
 been hard 

 
 IALADDIN 
 
 And when the Eastern sky was flecked 
 With cloudlets rosy in the sun, 
 He vanished, for his work was done, 
 And early Chinese birds, amazed, 
 Perched on the roofs that he had raised, 
 A Chinese palace the Djinn had built, 
 With minarets and bays and courts, 
 And towers, and on the roofs all sorts 
 Of carven dragons richly gilt. 
 And all the window frames were made 
 Of carved and jewel-studded jade, 
 The walls were built of marble white
 
 [ALADDIN 
 
 With beams of emerald malachite. 
 The gates were cut in precious stone, 
 A hundred turrets pierced the sky, 
 While on each turret, like an eye, 
 A diamond in the sunlight shone. 
 And all within was just as rich; 
 Each small recess, each window-niche 
 Had cushions like embroidered clouds, 
 And from the /^llk walls were 
 
 hanging JpHNJ^ crowds 
 Of Chinese pictures, 
 
 Gods and Kings,
 
 ALADDINIS 
 
 Dragons and trees, and other things. 
 Why you and I could spend an hour 
 In every room, in every tower, 
 And even then there'd be a lot 
 Of lovely things we had forgot. 
 The ceilings like fantastic skies 
 With coloured visions dazed the eyes. 
 The very floors were polished jet, 
 And here and there the Djinn had set 
 An ancient lacquered cabinet 
 
 With drawers of things to be 
 
 admired 
 By anybody who was tired. 
 
 And all was real, though it might 
 
 seem 
 The palace of a splendid dream. 
 
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 COME," the Sultan said with 
 glee, 
 
 " O come, my children, come 
 and see 
 
 "The next-door palace of 
 delight 
 
 "That stands where nothing stood last 
 night." 
 
 Aladdin bowed and spread his hands, 
 And said, "I'm glad that my commands 
 " Have been obeyed. A single night, 
 "I said, and here upright 
 "And dragon-roofed the palace stands. 
 "You see my slaves are far from slow." 
 He might have said, "I told you so." 
 And Bedrelbood clapped ivory hands 
 And laughed. Meanwhile the Sultan craves 
 To know whence come the mighty slaves 
 Who can fulfil such hard commands. 
 "A palace in a night, and one
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 "Which is as glorious as the 
 
 sun." 
 Aladdin smiled, and when he 
 
 saw 
 
 That his august papa-in-law 
 Was eager to be asked inside, 
 He had the jewel gates flung 
 wide. 
 
 And in with glowing eyes 
 they went, 
 
 All happy, all magnificent, 
 
 And went from room to room 
 with cries 
 
 Of admiration and surprise. 
 
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 ALADDIN 
 
 LADDIN and his bride lived 
 there 
 
 In happiness beyond compare. 
 
 They changed their rooms 
 three times a week, 
 
 They often played at hide and seek 
 Among the corridors that ran 
 About the place in mazy plan. 
 There never were a couple who 
 Had such delightful things to do. 
 Each night was filled with merriment, 
 There was the sound of flutes, the hum 
 Of fingers on the parchment drum, 
 While coloured lanterns cast their glow, 
 Like captive planets, row on row, 
 And nimble-footed dancers went 
 In dainty patterns to and fro. 
 And Bedrelbood grew yet more pretty; 
 Ten mandarins in Pekin city
 
 IALADDIN 
 
 Composed ten poems every day, 
 In stilted Chinese verse, to say 
 That peachblossom could not compare 
 With her soft cheeks, while as for hair 
 No silkworm spun a finer thread 
 Than that which coiled upon her head. 
 Aladdin had no need of Djinns. 
 He'd coffers full of gold. In bins 
 His precious gems were safely stored. 
 He did not need a larger hoard, 
 And so he put the lamp away. 
 He always wore the ring, but he 
 Forgot his debt to sorcery. 
 His only thought was love; and pride 

 
 ALADDI 
 
 In Princess Bedrelbood 
 his bride. 
 
 And all was happiness 
 
 so great 
 That no one dreamed 
 
 of coming fate, 
 
 Or how the wicked old, 
 old man, 
 
 His heart all poisonous 
 with hate, 
 
 Was coming nearer with 
 a plan 
 
 To dim their cheerful- 
 ness with rust, 
 
 And turn Aladdin's joy 
 to dust.
 
 VI 
 
 N Pekin all was shining bright, 
 
 Towers and pagodas in the 
 light, 
 
 And Chinese children were 
 at play, 
 
 And it was busy market day, 
 
 When worn with travel, bent with age, 
 
 His old eyes fiery with his rage, 
 
 A crooked old man who had come from 
 
 far 
 
 Hobbled into the grand bazaar. 
 "And now," he muttered, "We shall see 
 "What happens to those who anger me. 
 "For fifteen years this Chinese scamp
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 Has lived in glory with my 
 lamp, 
 
 While I have had a weary tramp 
 
 Through all the countries of the 
 world : 
 
 Through burning clouds of desert 
 sand, 
 
 There where the blinding dust- 
 storms swirled, 
 
 On roads with death at either 
 hand, 
 
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 (ALADDIN 
 
 " On icy slopes where my desire 
 Of vengeance warmed me like a fire. 
 At length the fifteen years are past, 
 And in Pekin I stand at last. 
 
 And now," he said, 
 with subtle wile 
 
 Aladdin's wife 
 beguile. 
 
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 ALADDIN 
 
 E bought brass lamps as bright 
 as day 
 
 And set them 1 in a lacquered 
 
 tray, 
 
 And in a creaking voice did cry 
 "New lamps for old do I supply." 
 He waited till Aladdin rode 
 With his servants to the bamboo wood, 
 
 And then with voice like pencil on 
 slate 
 
 He called out close by the palace gate, 
 "New lamps for old, new lamps for old, 
 "See my new lamps gleaming gold, 
 "Touch them. Take them. 'Tis no lie. 
 "New lamps for old do I supply." 
 Aladdin had taken his bow to shoot 
 The heron and the red-capped coot ; 
 Alone at the palace window stood 
 The lovely Princess Bedrelbood.
 
 lALADDIN 
 
 WISH that I could go 
 hunting too," 
 
 She said,, "I have noth- 
 ing at all to do." 
 
 She heard the cries. ** What a 
 strange old man 
 
 "Is this," she said. "What merchant can 
 
 "Give new lamps for old worn-out 
 
 things ? 
 
 " Yet see ; there is a man who brings 
 " A broken lamp. . . Indeed its true, 
 " For now he's got one bright and new. 
 "I wish I had an old lamp, to see 
 "If this is only a trickery." 
 The old man cried, "New lamps for old, 
 "See my new lamps gleaming gold.
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 "Touch them, handle them, for I 
 "New lamps for old ones do supply. 
 The Princess laughed : " Why, I remember, 
 " An old lamp hangs in Aladdin's chamber. 
 "It's quite worn out. It's never lit. 
 "I'll get a bright new lamp for it. 
 
 "Quick now, and fetch it," the Princess 
 said, 
 
 And off ran her favourite 
 waiting-maid. 
 
 From her window high 
 
 in the palace wall, 
 
 The Princess leaned and 
 loud did call
 
 lALADDIN 
 
 "There is an old lamp here for you 
 "To change for a lamp that is bright and 
 
 new." 
 The maid brought Aladdin's lamp in her 
 
 hand. 
 
 Dingy it was in a 
 room so grand. 
 
 "I cannot reach," 
 
 the Princess 
 
 cried. 
 "Old man, please 
 
 will you come 
 
 inside." 
 
 The old man 
 leered and 
 hobbled in 
 
 And puckered his 
 mouth with 
 an evil grin ;
 
 ALADDI 
 
 ND climbed the stair until 
 he stood 
 
 Before the Princess Bed- 
 relbood. 
 
 " Choose which you like, 
 Princess," he said, 
 
 "And give me that worth- 
 less old thing instead." 
 
 She chose a lamp and 
 gave the dim 
 
 And tarnished and worn- 
 out lamp to him.
 
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 LADDI 
 
 ed the stair until 
 he stood 
 
 Before the Princess Bed- 
 re! bood. 
 
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 Choose which you hke 
 Princess," he said, 
 
 "And give me that worth- 
 less old thing instead." 
 
 She chose a lamp and 
 gave the dim 
 
 And tarnished and worn- 
 out lamp to him.
 
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 ALADDIN 
 
 "Old man," she cried in sudden fright, 
 
 "Why do your old eyes 
 flame so bright ? " 
 
 The old man grinned, the old man 
 leered, 
 
 The old man muttered through his beard, 
 "Aladdin will come to look for you, 
 "And call to you in vain, for he 
 "Has lost the lamp of his sorcery. 
 "The lamp is mine. You gave it me. 
 
 "You are mine, and the palace is 
 mine, for see
 
 ALADDI 
 
 RUB the lamp." With his 
 wrinkled thumb 
 
 He rubbed. With a rumbling 
 like the drum 
 
 That makes the thunder up 
 
 in the clouds, 
 
 A crash, the noise of trampling crowds, 
 With a fearful roar, in thick black smoke, 
 
 The Djinn stood there, and scowled, and 
 spoke 
 
 "Your servant, lord, I am the slave 
 "Of him who rubs the lamp you have. 
 " What is it that would pleasure you ? 
 
 "For what you wish I am here to 
 , do." 
 
 "Lift me this palace in your hands 
 "And carry it off beyond the sea, 
 "And bear it to far Moorish lands
 
 [ALADDIN 
 
 "And in it Bedrelbood and me 
 "And plant the palace in the 
 
 "Desert where we will 
 be married. 
 
 "Aladdin's lamp I have. 
 His wife, 
 
 "Whom he loves dearer 
 than his life, 
 
 "I'll make my own. Oh 
 death would be 
 
 " Less pain than Aladdin's 
 misery.'* 
 
 But Bedrelbood with 
 streaming eyes 
 
 Looks from the window, 
 and espies 
 
 Far off 
 Aladdin 
 and all 
 his men 
 
 arid
 
 ALADDI 
 
 Merrily riding home again. 
 
 " Save me ! " she cried. Too late. The 
 ground 
 
 Shot far below, as with a bound 
 The palace flew up into the sky 
 And darted off for Araby.
 
 VII 
 
 LADDIN saw the palace rise 
 
 And dart across the azure 
 skies. 
 
 A white hand waved, a hand- 
 kerchief 
 
 Dropped sideways, like a falling leaf. 
 So swift the golden palace flew 
 That it was gone before he knew. 
 Aladdin spurred his horse and tried 
 To chase his palace and his bride. 
 Ah me ! 'Tis little good to chase 
 The deeds of magic with a horse.
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 HOSE magic-lifted domes, of 
 course, 
 
 Left him behind and won 
 their race. 
 
 Aladdin turned his charger's 
 head, 
 
 And rode back much dispirited. 
 There, where his palace once had been, 
 He found that nothing could be seen. 
 The jewelled dragon-gates were left f 
 And in them, raging, stood bereft 
 The Sultan, and with voice of awe 
 Demanded of his son-in-law: 
 "Where is my daughter, villain, where 
 "Is hidden Bedrelbood the fair?" 
 He stamped with fury, roared with rage, 
 Walked like a tiger in a cage, 
 His pigtail waving like a snake,
 
 lALADDIN 
 
 As violently he tossed his head. 
 
 "O faithless sorcerer," he said, 
 
 And bid the executioner take 
 
 His curving sword of patterned steel, 
 
 Then made the poor Aladdin kneel 
 
 And wait the blow. Aladdin knelt, 
 
 Already the sharp-edged death he felt. 
 
 He clenched his teeth, but made no sound, 
 
 And counted the pebbles on the ground. 
 
 Th executioner waved his sword, 
 
 And waited the word from his Chinese 
 lord. 
 
 But the Sultan changed his mind and 
 sighed. 
 
 The Sultan's eyes were wet and dim ; 
 "There is no use in killing him," 
 He said. "Aladdin, seek your bride, 
 "Bring back the Princess Bedrelbood,
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 " The pearl of Chinese woman- 
 
 hood, 
 "Your wife, my daughter and my 
 
 dear ; 
 "Ah me, I wish that she were 
 
 here." 
 
 And so they loosed Aladdin and he 
 Went out of the city mournfully. 
 His palace, his lamp, and his Princess 
 
 too 
 Were gone, and he did not know 
 
 what to do. 
 And night came on, and there was 
 
 the moon 
 
 Silver pale like a pearl in the sky ; 
 The sunset faded away and soon 
 
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 wife, my daughter and my 
 dear ; 
 i me, I wish that she were 
 
 tf \o 
 
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 And so they loosed Aladdin and he 
 Went out of the city mournfully. 
 His palace, his lamp, and his Princess 
 
 too 
 Were gone, and he did not know 
 
 hat to do. 
 And night came on, and there was 
 
 te moon 
 
 pale Hke a pearl in the sky ; 
 t faded away and soon 

 
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 lALADDIN 
 
 The stars were circling far and high. 
 All night he wandered, all next day, 
 And many days he wandered on 
 Until at last he could not say 
 How many woeful days were gone. 
 And then, one night, he left the lanes, 
 And groped through wavering bamboo-canes. 
 He saw a glint on his groping hand, 
 The glint of a stone in a metal band. 
 
 He remembered the ring. "There is hope 
 for me yet," 
 
 He cried, "and for Bedrelbood, my pet." 
 He rubbed the ring, and dark and weird 
 With fiery eyes the Djinn appeared. 
 
 "Master, what is it?" he 
 asked, and leant 
 
 Like a great tree out of 
 the firmament.
 
 ALADDI 
 
 "Take me," he said, "in the palm of 
 
 your hand 
 
 "And set me down at break of day 
 "In that strange and distant foreign land 
 "Whither my palace has flown away." 
 The great Djinn bent and Aladdin crept 
 Into his hand and lay down and slept 
 As he rushed through the arrows of the air, 
 Past the Great Bear and the Little Bear. 
 He slept, for he knew as well as you 
 That a tired man no work can do. 
 He woke at dawn in the great dark hand 
 And looked out over a desert land. 
 
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 lALADDIN 
 
 HROUGH the Djinn's fingers he 
 saw the sea, 
 
 And the waving palms of 
 Araby. 
 
 Over the edge of the world the sun 
 Threw his rays as the journey was done, 
 And what was that so gleaming bright 
 But Aladdin's palace of delight? 
 There it lay, like a glittering crown 
 
 In the sand, as the travellers glided 
 
 down. 
 
 "Now," said Aladdin under his breath, 
 "I must put that wicked old man to 
 
 death. 
 
 "O powerful Djinn, please give to me 
 "The strongest poison that ever could 
 
 be." 
 "Here," said the Djinn, "is what you 
 
 ask," 
 And he gave Aladdin a little flask.
 
 I ALADDIN! 
 
 "But the wicked old man is so terribly 
 strong 
 
 "It will not send him to sleep for long." 
 With that the Djinn had vanished and 
 
 gone, 
 And Aladdin stood in the sand alone, 
 
 Under the '' ^ window 
 
 where ^til^M^ Bedrelbood 
 
 Was wont ''^^fijII^S^l to mourn 
 her ^ilw^P widowhood.
 
 VIII 
 
 E murmured low his dear one's 
 name, 
 
 Then started with his eyes 
 aflame, 
 
 For at the window just above him 
 
 Was Bedrelbood herself, and she 
 
 Sang in a song how she did love him, 
 
 And how she lived in misery. 
 
 " Aladdin," she sang, " so far away, 
 
 "How many days before that day, 
 
 "When you, my love, shall proudly come 
 
 "To call me dear and take me home? 
 
 "How long have I a captive been 
 
 " Snatched from my lover in Pekin ?
 
 JALADDI 
 
 "O come, Aladdin, come at last 
 "To kiss away the wretched past." 
 
 "My love," he cried, "my porcelain 
 dear, 
 
 "My pomegranate, Aladdin's here." 
 She looked ; she saw him. At the sight 
 She nearly fainted with delight, 
 Then touched her lips, and whispered 
 
 44 Fly, 
 
 "The old magician may be nigh. 
 "He comes each day to pester me 
 "To be his bride, and as for thee, 
 "He says you died by the abhorred 
 "Executioner's curving sword, 
 " And if he learnt you were not dead 
 "But very much alive instead, 
 
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 ALADDINSi 
 
 "I do not know what he would do 
 "In skilful ways to torture you." 
 Aladdin smiled. "O night-black hair, 
 "O face of ivory, lotus-fair, 
 "When the old monster comes to-day, 
 "Be sportive with him, and in play 
 
 "Ask him to drink with you, for 
 guile 
 
 "Is our only sword against him while 
 "He holds the lamp. He will agree. 
 "Then pour this poison in his tea." 
 She took the flask. Their fingers 
 
 met, 
 
 Her sidelong eyes shone out like jet. 
 "When he has drunk," Aladdin said, 
 "He will be very far from dead; 
 "Magician men are hard to kill, 
 "But for a moment or two he will 
 "Be sluggish. That's the time for me.
 
 ALADDI 
 
 1 leap in, snatch away his key, 
 
 "Get out the lamp, and call 
 the Djinn, 
 
 "Punish the old man for his 
 sin, 
 
 "And back we'll go to old Pekin 
 "To greet your father's Majesty." 
 
 "O, won't he be pleased," she clapped her 
 hands, 
 
 "To see us back from foreign lands!" 
 "But hide, I'll cuckoo one, two, three, 
 
 "When the old magician is drugged by 
 me." 
 
 Aladdin hid close under the wall, 
 And waited for the cuckoo call.
 
 " The Magician struck, but his blows fell wide.'
 
 ALADDI 
 
 II leap i; itch away his k 
 
 "C- it the lamp, and call 
 e Djinn, 
 
 " Punish the old man for 
 sin,' 
 
 And back we'll go to old Pekin 
 To greet your father's Majesty." 
 
 " O, won't he be pleased," she clapped her 
 hands, 
 
 ** To ee us back from foreign lands ! " 
 'But hide, Fll cuckoo one, two, three, 
 
 'When the old magician is drugged by 
 me.** 
 
 Aladdin hid close under the wall, 
 A ad waited for the cuckoo call.
 
 
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 ALADDIN 
 
 HE day wore on, the burning 
 sun 
 
 Had long his downward swoop 
 begun, 
 
 When the old magician, like 
 a snake 
 
 Came craftily to try to take 
 
 The Princess Bedrelbood the fair, 
 
 To be the mistress of his lair. 
 
 But Bedrelbood was wily too, 
 
 And smiled when the old man came to 
 
 woo; 
 
 "Ah, well," she said, "I'd better be 
 "Your bride than alone in misery. 
 "You say Aladdin's dead?" "He is 
 
 dead;" 
 
 The old man bent his wicked head. 
 "Kiss me," he said, "my wealth is 
 
 great,
 
 ALADDI 
 
 "No O u ^en on earth shall have your 
 
 state. 
 
 "No Sultan, Khan, or Emperor pours 
 "Such jewels out as shall be yours." 
 
 The Princess sighed. "Ah, well," said 
 
 she, 
 
 "I'll think, while we are taking tea." 
 She made tea in a dragon pot, 
 And poured it out, all piping hot 
 In little golden cups. The tray 
 Was lacquered with a golden spray. 
 She hid the poison in her sleeve, 
 And subtly she went on to weave 
 A web of flattery about 
 The villain's head. And every doubt 
 Fled far away. The villain quaffed 
 With wheezy laughs the poison draught, 
 He fell back on the cushioned floor, 
 And yawned, and then began to snore.
 
 ALADDIN 
 
 WIFTLY the Princess called 
 " Cuckoo, 
 
 "Cuckoo, cuckoo," and Aladdin 
 came 
 
 And climbed up through the 
 window frame, 
 
 And did what he had planned to do. 
 The key was on the old man's breast, 
 Aladdin took it, turned and pressed 
 The spring in the door of the cabinet 
 Where the worn old magical lamp was set. 
 He seized the lamp, and fn turned 
 his head, 
 
 In time to hear 
 a crashing 
 tread, 
 
 And see the old 
 man close 
 behind,
 
 lALADDI 
 
 
 With eyes that rage made almost blind. 
 The magician struck with his scimitar, 
 And shattered a beautiful porcelain jar, 
 
 The magician thrust once, twice, and 
 again, 
 
 And crash went a pictured window-pane. 
 Aladdin slipped from side to side, 
 
 The magician struck but his blows fell 
 wide. 
 
 And Bedrelbood went red and white, 
 And fell at last, and fainted quite. 
 
 The magician struck with his sword to 
 slay 
 
 The fair Princess, but in his way 
 
 Stood Aladdin, and leapt like a mountain 
 goat, 
 
 And buried his knife in the villain's 
 throat.
 
 IALADDIN 
 
 LADDIN lugged him out of the 
 door, 
 
 Mopped up the blood upon 
 the floor, 
 
 Kissed Bedrelbood till she 
 awoke 
 
 Out of her swoon and smiled and spoke; 
 "Aladdin, dear and brave," said she, 
 "That's done. Now let us have some 
 
 tea." 
 
 They sipped their tea, and shared a cup, 
 And ate a plate of biscuits up. 
 " Now," said Aladdin, " let us fly, 
 "Palace and all, from Araby." 
 He rubbed the lamp, and with a flash, 
 A roll of thunder and a crash, 
 The ceiling lifted in the air,
 
 ND the great Djinn was standing 
 there. 
 
 "Master," he howled, "What 
 is' your will ? 
 
 'The slave of the lamp must serve you 
 
 still." 
 "Well," said Aladdin, "you've changed 
 
 your master; 
 
 "The old magician breathes no more. 
 " You brought this palace 
 here. Yet faster 
 
 "Carry it back where it 
 was before, 
 
 "And set it down with- 
 out a sound 
 
 " Upon the space of open 
 ground 
 
 " Before the Pekin palace 
 gate.
 
 TRANCE, O Djinn, has been 
 the fate 
 
 That made you build the 
 palace there, 
 
 "Then whisk it off through leagues of air 
 "And now to whisk it back again. 
 "O Bedrelbood and I are fain 
 "To see Pekin and the Sultan too, 
 "And live as we were used to do. 
 
 " To-morrow let the 
 Sultan rise 
 
 "With tears of joy in 
 both his eyes." 
 
 "It shall be done," the 
 Djinn replied, 
 
 And vanished. " O," the 
 Princess cried, 
 
 " How the wind whistles 
 in the room,
 
 "How dark it is. Is this the gloom 
 
 " Of night ? Look down ; why there's 
 the sea. 
 
 " I see the white of waves, but far 
 "Below us. There's a shining star; 
 "It seems within a yard of me. 
 "Aladdin, darling, how we fly 
 "Like birds across the purple sky, 
 " But nest and all. The palace floats 
 "Far steadier than the best of boats 
 "But moves so fast. Aladdin, look, 
 "There, like a picture in a book, 
 "Is China. See, pagodas, junks, 
 "And white-robed old Confucian monks. 
 "The sun with arrows made of fire 
 " Is up. O see, my heart's desire, 
 "My father's palace. Down we come. 
 "Aladdin, look, we're home, we're home." 
 "And Bedrelbood sat down and cried. 
 Aladdin whispered at her side,
 
 He flung far out the talisman:'
 
 
 "How dark it is. Is this the gloom 
 
 'Of night? Look down; why there's 
 the sea. 
 
 " I see the white of waves, but far 
 " Below u**"fln*f*V* 3h1afi& *ir : 
 44 It seems within a yard of me. 
 "Aladdin, darling, how we fly 
 'Like birds across the purple sky, 
 'But nest and all. The palace floats 
 'Far steadier than the best of boats 
 'But moves so fast. Aladdin, look, 
 
 'There, like a picture in a book, 
 
 *Is China, See, pagodas, junks, 
 
 * And white-robed aid Confucian monks. 
 
 The sun with arrows made of fire 
 "Is up. O see, my heart's desire, 
 '* My father's palace. Down we come, 
 "Aladdin, look, w ue, we're hon 
 
 "And Bedrelbood sat down and cried. 
 Aladdin whispered at her side,
 
 ALADDINggjggs 
 
 "My peach blossom, my dainty lover, 
 "Rejoice that all our woes are over." 
 The Sultan had been dour and grim; 
 His slaves were all afraid of him. 
 He never once had even smiled 
 Since the magician stole his child. 
 
 Each morning he would look to see 
 
 \ 
 
 If the palace was where it used to be; 
 Each morning he ^S^ sadly turned away 
 To spend a v"W me l anc holy day, 
 Cross-legged ^alKhs^ he sat with 
 sigh and /SSKO^^SW^ roan > 
 
 And bit his 
 alone. 
 
 pig-tail all
 
 (ALADDIN 
 
 E rose that morning just as grim 
 
 But saw what much astonished 
 him. 
 
 There shone the palace, gay 
 with gold, 
 
 And dragon roofs as I have told, 
 
 And minarets and jewels fine 
 
 Exactly as it used to shine. 
 
 "I dream," he thought; "Fantastic lies 
 
 "Will disappoint my waking eyes." 
 
 He called a slave and bid him pull 
 
 His pig-tail, which he did, the fool, 
 
 For his royal master knocked him down, 
 
 And, without waiting for his crown, 
 
 Rushed from the palace to the gate, 
 
 Upset a mandarin of state, 
 
 And, bursting with paternal joy, 
 
 Ran up the staircase like a boy.
 
 lALADDIN 
 
 Y daughter, O my Bed- 
 relbood 
 
 "Aladdin, O, the Gods 
 are good." 
 
 The Princess clung about his neck, 
 Aladdin wisely did not check 
 The transports of her filial love. 
 He waited while the Sultan strove 
 
 To kiss both cheeks at once and 
 dance 
 
 The spectacle did him entrance. 
 The Sultan tired at last and turned, 
 And told Aladdin how he burned
 
 I ALADDIN! 
 
 To thank him. "Know, my son," said he, 
 "You shall be Sultan after me." 
 The bells rang out in all Pekin. 
 The cymbals clattered. Such a din 
 Was never heard. And flags were waved, 
 
 And tea was drunk, and kites were 
 flown, 
 
 And all men knew how quite alone 
 Aladdin had set out and saved 
 The Princess from a woeful fate.
 
 IALADDIN 
 
 HE feast was spread. Ah, how 
 they ate, 
 
 And drank, and laughed, and 
 danced, and sang, 
 
 While all the time the joy- 
 bells rang. 
 
 The sun went down, the sky grew dim, 
 
 Aladdin saw a scarlet rim 
 
 Behind the bamboo-trees. "No more 
 
 "Will I depend on wizardry," 
 
 He said, and hurried to the shore. 

 
 ALADDIN 
 
 " Enough magician's work for me," 
 He cried, and flung far out to sea 
 The talismans, and there they lie 
 Invisible to human eye, 
 A little ring, a lamp of brass, 
 Where ceaselessly the waters pass. 
 
 Sometimes, when poor, I almost wish 
 I were a kind of Chinese fish, 
 For then I'd bring them up and live 
 In all the wealth the Djinn could give.
 
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