Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
Persia
By Richard Henry Stoddard (18251903)[From Poems. Complete Edition. 1880.]
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I stopped my camel at the city gate:
Why did I stop? I left my heart behind.
I saw the roses burning up with love,
I saw thee not: thou wert no longer there.
A moon has passed since that unhappy day;
It seems an age: the days are long as years.
I send thee flasks of attar, spices, pearls,
I write thee loving songs on golden scrolls.
“What news?” I ask. The drivers shake their heads.
We parted in the streets of Ispahan.