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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS FROM THE SEARCH OF BELISARIUS: THE GIRL'S SONG, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me! If you found me in a mart Last Line: And dream of me? Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium | |||
Tell me! If you found me in a mart In Asia, where mild-faced camels pass, Bearing slave-girls from far-off Circass; Tell me now, yes truly, from your heart! As we stood there, shamefaced, meek, You, a prince, espy me, Bartered for by merchants sleek; Would you buy me? Tell me! If you found me where men sin In cities; day's weary toil, at night, Changing for unchaste, unblest delight; Tell me as you hope my soul to win! For what others offered you, Love, could you refuse me? Spite of all that they might do, Would you choose me? Dainty women, if they passed your way Or stopped? Queens and ladies, fair to see, Looked at you, and smiled imploringly? Tell me, for I cannot longer stay! Would you close your precious eyes Tight to their vanity, Shapely breasts and marble thighs, And dream of me? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GREEK AT CONSTANTINOPLE by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES BYZANTIUM by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SAILING TO BYZANTIUM by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SONGS FROM THE SEARCH OF BELISARIUS: THE CYPRIOT'S SONG by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT SONGS FROM THE SEARCH OF BELISARIUS: THE KNIGHT'S SONG by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT THE TURK AT CONSTANTINOPLE by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES BELISARIUS (1) by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS BELISARIUS (2) by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS THE EMPIRE OF THE EAST by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR A CALL TO PRAYER by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT |
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