Armenian Literature: Poetry, Drama, Folk-Lore, and Classic Traditions

by Robert Arnot

THE WOE OF ARAXES

Meditating by Araxes,

Pacing slowly to and fro,

Sought I traces of the grandeur

Hidden by her turgid flow.

Turgid are thy waters, Mother,

As they beat upon the shore.

Do they offer lamentations

For Armenia evermore?

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But where, now, are all my people?

Far in exile, homeless, lorn.

While in widow's weeds and hopeless,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410200345
• ISBN13: 9781410200341
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"