Khoren Nar Bey de Lusignan Poems

LIVE as Armenians, brethren, in this world!
That name to us do history’s pages give ;
The heavens above salute us by that name :
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O SWALLOW, swallow, was it thine,
This nest, all cold and drear,
That empty in this niche I found
When first I entered here?
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Scarce are the clouds' black shadows
Pierced by a gleam of light,
Scarce have our fields grown dark again,
Freed from the snow-drifts white,
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CLOUD, whither dost thou haste away
So swiftly through the air?
Dost thou to some far-distant land
An urgent message bear?
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Fain would I be to thee, my sister sweet,
Like the bright cloud beneath Aurora's feet
A pedestal to help thee mount on high
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IF a sceptre of diamond, a glittering crown,
Were mine, at thy feet I would lay them both down,
Queen of queens, O Armenia!
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Roses upon roses
Spread in sheets below,
In the high blue ether
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WHERE art thou, sweet and gentle breeze,
Breeze of my fatherland ?
The spring has come, and tender flowers
Bud forth on every hand;
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BROTHERS, we have no hope from foreigners ;
Gaze not around for aid! Though with good-will
The foreigner receive you as a guest,
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