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He who moves heaven and all the stars in air Made me for His delight Lovesome and sprightly, kind and debonair, E'en here below to give each lofty spright Some inkling of that fair That still in heaven abideth in His sight; But erring men's unright, Ill knowing me, my worth Accepted not, nay, with dispraise did bate.
'Would he come to my bed during sleep 'twere delight * But a visit on wake were delightsomer sight! Quoth the second, 'Naught came to salute me in sleep save his shade * But 'welcome, fair welcome, I cried to the spright! Then said the youngest, 'My soul and my folk I engage for the youth * Musk-scented I see in my bed every night!
"Oh, spright 'nough," answered the section-boss. "But it's cold, it's cold. Keeps me tremblin' like a guilty nigger." "You'll get over that," assured the other, rubbing the blood into his hands. "It's natural for you to be soft as chalk-rock the first winter you've been living South." "Ah reckon," agreed Lancaster. He sat down beside the younger man, eyeing him closely.
But she rejoined, 'Tell me the truth of the case, that I may order my affair; and what wantest thou with the mug of water? 'To give the broker a drink, answered he; whereupon she exclaimed, 'There is no power and no virtue but in God the Most High, the Supreme! And repeated the following verses: O thou that seekest parting, stay thy feet: Let clips and kisses not delude thy spright.
Would that before my death I might but see my son The empery in my stead over the people hold And rush upon his foes and take on them his wreak, At push of sword and pike, in fury uncontrolled. Lo, I'm a man fordone, in this world and the next, Except my spright of God be solaced and consoled!
So saying, he took from me the meat and wine and shut the door in my face His words enraged me and I knew not what to do; but he stood behind the door, shaking for mirth; and when he saw me thus, he said to me, "I conjure thee on my life, O Abou Ali, tell me who it was composed this verse? I lay in the arms of the fair one all night, Whilst my friend slept, clean-limbed, but polluted of spright."
Ah, dear my lord, oh, cause me hope again, So I may comfort me my spright wayworn.
When as my sad soul longs to see them once again And waiting and desire are heavy on my spright; Midmost my heart of hearts their images I trace, Love and desireful pain and longing for their sight. O ye, one thought of whom clings round me like a cloak, Whose love it as a shirt about my body dight, O my beloved ones, how long will ye delay? How long must I endure estrangement and despite?
The jeweller bade him farewell and went away, knowing not what he should do to further his wishes; but as he went along pondering the matter, he spied a letter lying in the road, and taking it up, found that it bore the following superscription, 'From the least worthy of lovers to the most excellent of beloved ones. He opened it and found these words written therein: 'The messenger brought me a promise of union and delight; But yet that he had mistaken 'twas constant in my spright.
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