Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Turkestan: Bokhara | | The Return after Absence | | John Leyden (1775–1811) |
| | | OH the breeze of the mountain is soothing and sweet, | |
| Warm breathing of love, and the friends we shall meet; | |
| And the rocks of the desert, so rough when we roam, | |
| Seem soft, soft as silk, on the dear path of home; | |
| The white waves of the Jeikon, that foam through their speed, | 5 |
| Seem scarcely to reach to the girth of my steed. | |
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| Rejoice, O Bokhara, and flourish for aye! | |
| Thy King comes to meet thee, and long shall he stay. | |
| Our King is our moon, and Bokhara our skies, | |
| Where soon that fair light of the heavens shall arise, | 10 |
| Bokhara our orchard, the cypress our king, | |
| In Bokhara’s fair orchard soon destined to spring. | | | | |
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