shurky

Updated: May 26, 2025

High on Lebanon, above the frozen gorge where Orontes and Leontes, rivers of Syria, separate in their courses; above the terrace of cedars, above Shurky the clouded mountain, lies a deep green valley sentinelled on all sides by snow peaks and by the fortresses upon their tops.

Maurice Henry Hewlett - The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay