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* '''moor before the tomb:''' Lane-Poole: ''The Speeches & Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad'' (source used throughout this passage), xxiii: (of ancient Arab superstition) 'a few tied camels to the graves of the dead that the corpse might ride mounted to the judgement-seat' * '''moor:''' a nautical term, as the camel is the “ship of the desert” * '''Moor:''' north-western African Muslim person of mixed Berber and Arab descent. (Also a connection to Shakespeare’s ''Othello'') **Other references to Shakespeare’s tragedies are nearby: → [[I ate the wind]], [[cousin charmian]] * '''moor''' uncultivated expanse * '''moor ... tomb:''' Thomas Moore, Irish lyricist

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