Moor before the tomb
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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 ... tomb: Thomas Moore, Irish lyricist
