{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arp/arp076.htm","path":"isl/arp/arp076.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arp/arp076.htm","text":"Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]\n\u2019Tis not that, drunk with Love, he sees\n Ideal charms which only please\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Through Passion's partial veil;\n \u2019Tis not that Flattery's glozing tongue\n Hath basely framed an idle song,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But Truth that breathed the tale.\nThine eyes unaided ne\u2019er could trace\n Each opening charm, each varied grace,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0That round thy person plays:\n Some must remain concealed from thee,\n For Selim's watchful eye to see,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For Selim's tongue to praise.\nOne polished mirror can declare\n That eye so bright, that face so fair,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0That cheek which shames the rose;.\n But how thy mantle waves behind,\n How float thy tresses on the wind,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Another only shows.","title":"Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To A Lady, Who Accused Her Lover of Flattery","type":"page"}