The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Anonymous
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page 328 of 531 (61%)
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direst torture gars me dree:
O thou full Moon, whose place is highest Heaven, * For thee but double pine and pain in me." And a fifth these,[FN#370] "I love a moon of comely shapely form * Whose slender waist hath title to complain: Whose lip-dews rival must and long-kept wine; * Whose heavy haunches haunt the minds of men: My heart each morning burns with pain and pine * And the night-talkers note I'm passion-slain; While down my cheeks carnelian-like the tears * Of rosy red shower down like railing rain." And a sixth the following, "O thou who shunnest him thy love misled! * O Branch of B n, O star of highmost stead! To thee of pine and passion I complain, * O thou who fired me with cheeks rosyred. Did e'er such lover lose his soul for thee, * Or from prostration and from prayers fled?" And a seventh these, "He seized my heart and freed my tears to flow * Brought strength to Love and bade my Patience go. His charms are sweet as bitter his disdain; * And shafts of love his suitors overthrow. |
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