{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arp/arp063.htm","path":"isl/arp/arp063.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arp/arp063.htm","text":"Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]\nLEILA, with too successful art,\n \u00a0\u00a0Has spread for me Love's cruel snare;\n And now, when she has caught my heart,\n \u00a0\u00a0She laughs, and leaves it to despair.\nThus the poor sparrow pants for breath,\n \u00a0\u00a0Held captive by a playful boy;\n And while it drinks the draught of death,\n \u00a0\u00a0The thoughtless child looks on with joy.\nAh! were its fluttering pinions free,\n \u00a0\u00a0Soon would it bid its chains adieu;\n Or did the child its sufferings see,\n \u00a0\u00a0He'd pity and relieve them too.","title":"Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To Leila","type":"page"}