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Excerpt from The Edinburgh Literary Journal, or Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles Lettres: June, 1829 December, 1829 Beautiful Granada! They exclaimed, 'bow is thy glory faded The vivansmbla no longer echoes to the tramp of steed and sound of trumpet; no longer is it crowded with the youthful nobles, eager to display their prowess in the tourney and the festal tilt of reeds. Alas the flower of thy chivalry lies low in a foreign land The soft note of the lute is no longer heard in thy mournful streets, the lively castanet is silent upon thy hills, and the graceful dance of the zambra is no more seen beneath thy bower-s! Behold, the Alhambra is forlorn and deso late! In vain do the orange and myrtle breathe their perfumes into its silken chambers in vain does the night ingale sing within its groves; in vain are its marble halls refreshed by the sound of fountains and the gush of lim pid rills! Alas! The countenance of the king no longer shines within those halls; the light of the Alhambra is set for ever - Vol. I. Pp. 163-9. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
