PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

REPROACHES

A TRIAL OF ORTHODOXY

(Sonnet on Armenia)

THE EXILE’S SONG

FOLK SONG

THE APPLE TREE

FOLK SONG

MY HEART IS TURNED INTO A WAILING CHILD

O NIGHT, BE LONG

BLACK EYES

YESTERNIGHT I WALKED ABROAD

VAHAGN, KING OF ARMENIA

From the History of Armenia,

HUNTSMAN, THAT ON THE HILLS ABOVE

LIBERTY

I BEHELD MY LOVE THIS MORNING

THE FOX, THE WOLF, AND THE BEAR

FOLK SONG

INCENSE

THE LITTLE LAKE1

SPRING

CRADLE SONG

ARA AND SEMIRAMIS

LAMENT OVER THE HEROES FALLEN IN THE BATTLE OF AVARAIR

THE SONG OF THE STORK

FOLK SONG

YE MOUNTAIN BLUEBELLS

THE SUN WENT DOWN

BIRTHDAY SONG

MORNING

THE FOUNDING OF VAN

I HAVE A WORD I FAIN WOULD SAY

THE SONG OF THE PARTRIDGE

FOLK SONG

THE LILY OF SHAVARSHAN

CRADLE SONG

THE WIND IS HOWLING THROUGH THE WINTER NIGHT

THE ARMENIAN POET’S PRAYER

THE CHRAGAN PALACE

THE DREAM

THE SORROWS OF ARMENIA

ARTASHES AND SATENIK

MY DEATH

THE EAGLE’S LOVE

CONCERNING THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALE

THE ARRIVAL OF THE CRUSADERS

LIKE AN OCEAN IS THIS WORLD

THE ROCK

THE CRANE

THE HAWK AND THE DOVE

FOLK SONG

ARTAVASD

CHARM VERSES1

FOLK SONGS

THE TEARS OF ARAXES

THE EVE OF ASCENSION DAY1

“THY VOICE IS SWEET”

CHRIST AND ABGARUS

ARAXES CAME DEVOURINGLY

THE PARROT’S SONG

EARTH AND SKY

O’ER THE MOUNTAINS HIGH HE WENT

FOLK SONG

COMPLAINTS

A DAY AFTER

WITHOUT THEE WHAT ARE SONG AND DANCE TO ME?

THE LAKE OF VAN

SPRING

THE FOX

FOLK SONG

THE TALE OF ROSIPHELEE

THE SONG OF THE VULTURE

DANCE SONG1

FOLK SONG

BALLAD

NO BIRD CAN REACH THE MOUNTAIN’S CREST

THE NIGHTINGALE OF AVARAIR

THOU ART SO SWEET

THE WANDERING ARMENIAN TO THE SWALLOW

THE CHRIST-CHILD

THE CASTLE OF ANOUSH1

HAPPINESS

CONCERNING DEATH

LOVE ONE ANOTHER

PASQUA ARMENA1

“IO VIDI”

ARMENIA:

ITS EPICS, FOLK-SONGS, AND MEDIAEVAL POETRY

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX TO AUTHORS

INDEX TO FIRST LINES

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