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


p. 165

VERSES

ADDRESSED BY THE KHALIF ALMOKTAFI LIAMRILLAH
TO A LADY, WHO PRETENDED A PASSION FOR
HIM IN HIS OLD AGE.

THOUGH such unbounded love you swear,
  ’Tis only art I see:
Can I believe that one so fair
  Should ever doat on me?

Say that you hate, and freely show
  That Age displeases Youth;
And I may love you, when I know
  That you can tell the truth.


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