William R. Alger

An Arab, by his earnest gaze,
Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;
A smile within his read more

An Arab, by his earnest gaze,
Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;
A smile within his eyelids plays
And into words his longing gushes.

With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a read more

With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

The moon is a silver pin-head vast,
That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast.

The moon is a silver pin-head vast,
That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast.

Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.

Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.