Moon in the Armenian Cemetery (Leo Alishan Poems)
O moon, fair lamp divinely lit! God set you in the sky To lead night's hosts, for darkness blind And ...
Leo Alishan Poems (8 Poems)
The Nightingale of Avarayr (Leo Alishan Poems)
Whence dost thou come, O moon, so calmly and softly,Spreading o'er mountain, valley, and plain thy light,And over me the ...
A Song Of Fatherland (Leo Alishan Poems)
WE are the sons of valiant men, Armenians great and free;Our grandsires were descended from a hero-ancestry ;Our fathers brave ...
Weep Not (Leo Alishan Poems)
WHY art thou troubled, wandering heart ?Why dost thou sigh with pain?From whom do all thy sufferings come?Of whom dost ...
The Virgin’s Tears (Leo Alishan Poems)
FORTH welling from the breast of sapphire lakes,Oh, tell my jocund heart why from their shoreOf emerald do those pairs ...
The lily of Shavarshan (Leo Alishan Poems)
ARMENIAN maidens, come and viewIn Shavarshan a lily new!The radiant type of maidenhood, Crown of Armenia's pride!From the fair brow beneath ...
Easter Song (Leo Alishan Poems)
FATHER of light, we praise thee !Thy Son is risen again.Spirit of love, we praise thee!He shares thy glorious reign.Good ...
The Exiles (Leo Alishan Poems)
ALAS, ye poor Armenians !In undeserved distressYe wander forth to slavery,In want and wretchedness.A myriad woes ye suffered,Nor left your ...