finjan

Updated: May 12, 2025

Now he descends to the hip-joints, knees, ankles, and feet, forcing each and all to discharge a salvo de joie. The slight languor left from the bath is gone, and an airy, delicate exhilaration, befitting the winged Mercury, takes its place. The boy, kneeling, presents us with finjan of foamy coffee, followed by a glass of sherbet cooled with the snows of Lebanon.

Bayard Taylor - The Lands of the Saracen: Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain