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Maimoune.
Before her father Avith her strange petition : Oh i in her voice what SAveet persuasion dAvelt ! U OAV moving Avas her look of meek submission I I don't know how her gracious father
felt , But he Avas far too great a politician To let absurd , intrusive feelings glance Throug h his profound and passionless countenance .
Ho simply ansAver'd , that "he quite agreed In every single syllable she'd said ; Such notions Avere most amiable indeed , And did much credit to her heart ' and head . He oidy griev'd that there was urgent
need That she should set off instantly to wed The heir apparent of a distant State—Her resolution had been formed too late . "
TlusAvas not Avhat Badoura had expected , And a distracting scene of course ensued ; The Maid declar ' cl the match must be rejected , The King swore roundly , "bless him if it should :
She ought to jump to be so well connected , "She still persisted that she never would : He swore that she must do as she Avas hid ,
And should be lock'd up closely till she did . roor girl , they shut her in a lonely toAver , { Oh ! subject meet for melancholy verse ;)
A or would the old hard-hearted brute alio AV her One poor companion , save her kind , old Nurse . ¦ -Was a sad stretch of arbitrary power , I ' or the convenience of his privy
. purse : | OAVU to me it seems extremely funny l 0 w money matters mix Avith matrimony . )
In the meantime , Avhile aH the Chinese court Was in confusion with this pleasant scene , Another , quite as pleasant of the sort , Was acting by the Prince and Fadladeen . But 'twould be indecorous to report Such angry squabbles as should ne ' er have been .
The Youth , in short , Avas of the Lady s mind , And like the Lady Avas the Youth confin'd . Judge notfair damestoo harshly of his
, , heart , Nor deem it quite to your attractions blind , Insensible and dead to Cupid ' s dart , And careless of the eyes of lvomankind ,
Perhaps some luckier beauties had tho start Of poor Badoura in his AvayAvard mind ; Perhaps some young Court-Siren ' s fascination Within Ms breast had caused a palpitation .
Perhaps—but no—the truth must be confest ; No woman had dominion o ' er his soul ; His eye had wander'd o ' er earth ' s loveliest ,
Ancl stiH his heart Avas free from their control : Yet did he madly love , ancl o ' er his rest Dreams of such bright and passionate beauty stole , As oft in slumber to the Poet ' s eyes Disclose the long-lost joys of Paradise .
He was , I said , a Poet from his birth , And fairyland around his boyhood shone ; His soul drank in the beauty of the earth With fervent joy , but near his father ' s throne HOAV did he feel of kindred souls the dearth 1
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Maimoune.
Before her father Avith her strange petition : Oh i in her voice what SAveet persuasion dAvelt ! U OAV moving Avas her look of meek submission I I don't know how her gracious father
felt , But he Avas far too great a politician To let absurd , intrusive feelings glance Throug h his profound and passionless countenance .
Ho simply ansAver'd , that "he quite agreed In every single syllable she'd said ; Such notions Avere most amiable indeed , And did much credit to her heart ' and head . He oidy griev'd that there was urgent
need That she should set off instantly to wed The heir apparent of a distant State—Her resolution had been formed too late . "
TlusAvas not Avhat Badoura had expected , And a distracting scene of course ensued ; The Maid declar ' cl the match must be rejected , The King swore roundly , "bless him if it should :
She ought to jump to be so well connected , "She still persisted that she never would : He swore that she must do as she Avas hid ,
And should be lock'd up closely till she did . roor girl , they shut her in a lonely toAver , { Oh ! subject meet for melancholy verse ;)
A or would the old hard-hearted brute alio AV her One poor companion , save her kind , old Nurse . ¦ -Was a sad stretch of arbitrary power , I ' or the convenience of his privy
. purse : | OAVU to me it seems extremely funny l 0 w money matters mix Avith matrimony . )
In the meantime , Avhile aH the Chinese court Was in confusion with this pleasant scene , Another , quite as pleasant of the sort , Was acting by the Prince and Fadladeen . But 'twould be indecorous to report Such angry squabbles as should ne ' er have been .
The Youth , in short , Avas of the Lady s mind , And like the Lady Avas the Youth confin'd . Judge notfair damestoo harshly of his
, , heart , Nor deem it quite to your attractions blind , Insensible and dead to Cupid ' s dart , And careless of the eyes of lvomankind ,
Perhaps some luckier beauties had tho start Of poor Badoura in his AvayAvard mind ; Perhaps some young Court-Siren ' s fascination Within Ms breast had caused a palpitation .
Perhaps—but no—the truth must be confest ; No woman had dominion o ' er his soul ; His eye had wander'd o ' er earth ' s loveliest ,
Ancl stiH his heart Avas free from their control : Yet did he madly love , ancl o ' er his rest Dreams of such bright and passionate beauty stole , As oft in slumber to the Poet ' s eyes Disclose the long-lost joys of Paradise .
He was , I said , a Poet from his birth , And fairyland around his boyhood shone ; His soul drank in the beauty of the earth With fervent joy , but near his father ' s throne HOAV did he feel of kindred souls the dearth 1