love and logic.
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At fierce Abdallah's feet they knelt,
And own'd the vows they'd plighted;
His soften'd heart the story felt,
His hand their hands united.
And own'd the vows they'd plighted;
His soften'd heart the story felt,
His hand their hands united.
And long did Selim bless the hour
That saw his Moorish beauty,
So meekly lay love's passion-flower
Upon the shrine of duty!
That saw his Moorish beauty,
So meekly lay love's passion-flower
Upon the shrine of duty!
LOVE AND LOGIC.
The gods one day sent Reason out,
To look for Love,—their truant-boy!
They bade her seek him all about,
And lure him home with tempting toy.
To look for Love,—their truant-boy!
They bade her seek him all about,
And lure him home with tempting toy.
She found him in a rosebud rock'd,
She begg'd him to be back in season;
But still the boy the maiden mock'd,
For—Love will never list to Reason!
She begg'd him to be back in season;
But still the boy the maiden mock'd,
For—Love will never list to Reason!
