Pike County Ballads and Other Poems

THE AZRA.

                      AFTER HEINE.

  Daily walked the fair and lovely
  Sultan's daughter in the twilight,—
  In the twilight by the fountain,
  Where the sparkling waters plash.

  Daily stood the young slave silent
  In the twilight by the fountain,
  Where the plashing waters sparkle,
  Pale and paler every day.

  Once by twilight came the princess
  Up to him with rapid questions:
  "I would know thy name, thy nation,
  Whence thou comest, who thou art."

  And the young slave said, "My name is
  Mahomet, I come from Yemmen.
  I am of the sons of Azra,
  Men who perish if they love."