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THE RED GOWN by IBN AL-SABUNI

First Line: SHE IS COMING, COMING
Last Line: IN HER ROBE OF RED.

She is coming, coming,
So soft her tread,
A moon in gloaming
Rose-garmented.

As if her glances
My lifeblood shed,
And wiped their lances
In her robe of red.



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