THE sun appears! A glorious sight!
The crescent-moon clings round him now.
What could this wondrous pair unite?
How to explain this riddle? How?
HATEM.
May this our joy's foreboder prove!
In it I view myself and thee;
Thou calmest me thy sun, my love,--
Come, my sweet moon, cling thou round me!
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第一章LOVE for love, and moments sweet,Lips returning kiss for kiss, Word for word, and eyes that meet;Breath for breath, and bliss for bliss.
Thus at eve, and thus the morrow!
Yet thou feeblest, at my lay, Ever some half-hidden sorrow;Could I Joseph's graces borrow,All thy beauty I'd repay!
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