IN A soft-complexioned sky, Fleeting rose and kindling grey, Have you seen Aurora fly At the break of day? So my maiden, so my plighted may Blushing cheek and gleaming eye Lifts to look my way. Where the inmost leaf is stirred With the heart-beat of the grove, Have you heard a hidden bird Cast her note above? So my lady, so my lovely love, Echoing Cupid's prompted word, Makes a tune thereof. Have you seen, at heaven's mid-height, In the moon-rack's ebb and tide, Venus leap forth burning white, Dian pale and hide? So my bright breast-jewel, so my bride, One sweet night, when fear takes flight, Shall leap against my side. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO THINGS by AMIR MAHMUD IBN AMIR YAMINU'D-DIN TUGHRA'I PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 45. ALLAH-AL-MUJIB by EDWIN ARNOLD |