"Longsome" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... himself, fell also to defending her as his deputy: also he prevented the Prince from even looking upon her. They then travelled along the road unto the Island of the Jann, after[FN59] they had passed by the line leading unto Misr.[FN60] But when the bride saw that the wayfare had waxed longsome nor had beheld her bridegroom for all that time since the wedding-night, she turned to Mubarak and said, "Allah upon thee; inform me, O Mubarak, by the life of thy lord the Emir, have we fared this far distance by commandment ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton |
