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Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881], at sacred-texts.com


p. 115

TO A FEMALE CUPBEARER.

BY ABD ALSALAM BEN RAGBAN.

COME, Leila, fill the goblet up—
  Reach round the rosy wine;
Think not that we will take the cup
  From any hand but thine.

A draught like this ‘twere vain to seek,
  No grape can such supply
It steals its tint from Leila's cheek,
  Its brightness from her eye.


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