{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arp/arp046.htm","path":"isl/arp/arp046.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arp/arp046.htm","text":"Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]\nIt was Rais\u2019 turn next, who charmed us with this plaintive little dialogue, supposed to pass betwixt himself and a Lady:\nRAIS.\nLADY.\nDestined now to keener woes,\n \u00a0\u00a0I must see the youth depart;\n He must go, and, as he goes,\n \u00a0\u00a0Rend at once my bursting heart.\nSlumber may desert my bed;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u2019Tis not slumber's charms I seek:\n \u2019Tis the robe of beauty spread\n \u00a0\u00a0O\u2019er my Selim's rosy cheek.","title":"Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Dialogue by Rais","type":"page"}