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Hafii.
Oh
dwellers in the halls of Chastity
You brought Love's
Down
to the dust I
For Heaven's
The burden
He
self
!
passionate red wine to me,
am, your bright
was
all
of His love
too
God
weak
feet stepped.
to bear
on
laid
it,
turned to seek a messenger elsewhere,
And
Book
in the
of Fate
my name
was
writ.
Between my Lord and me such concord lies As makes the Houris glad in Paradise, With songs of praise through the green glades they
A hundred me
dreams of Fancy's garnered store
— Father Adam went
Assail
flit.
astray
Tempted by one poor grain of corn Wherefore Absolve and pardon him that turns away Though the soft breath of Truth reaches his ears, !
For two-and-seventy jangling creeds he hears,
And
loud-voiced Fable
That, that
is
calls
him
ceaselessly.
not the flame of Love's true
Which makes
fire
the torchlight shadows dance in rings,
But where the radiance draws the moth's desire
And
sends him forth with scorched and drooping wings.
Ode XXXVI. I
till my desire my mouth attain mouth, or let my soul expire,
cease not from desire
Is satisfied
My
;
or let
love's red
Sighed from those Others
may
lips that
sought her
find another love as fair;
lips in vain.