The rose garden of Persia . d knew all this I should have said! TtrSSUF A PEISONBE. 139 Twas mine to shrink, withstand, in^ time,For, while I sinned, I kn,ew my OL! wretched, waveringheart l-^—as vainThy wild resentment as thy pa^in: ,One thought alone expels the rest,One sole regret distracts mj bregist,Oermastering and subduing all—More than my critae,more than my fall:Are not shame, fear, remorse, that one thought—he Joyes me not! The regrets of Lis unfortunate mistress , follow the pure-minded Tussuf to his gloomy * prison, where she pictures his , sufEerings incui-red fo

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The rose garden of Persia . d knew all this I should have said! TtrSSUF A PEISONBE. 139 Twas mine to shrink, withstand, in^ time,For, while I sinned, I kn,ew my OL! wretched, waveringheart l-^—as vainThy wild resentment as thy pa^in: ,One thought alone expels the rest,One sole regret distracts mj bregist,Oermastering and subduing all—More than my critae,more than my fall:Are not shame, fear, remorse, that one thought—he Joyes me not! The regrets of Lis unfortunate mistress , follow the pure-minded Tussuf to his gloomy * prison, where she pictures his , sufEerings incui-red for her criiaie, and thus laments, and-strives to derive comfort firom reflection: Though in a dark and narrow cellThe fair beloved^ confined may dwell,1^0 prison is that dismal place,?TIS filled with dignity and grace:And the damp vaults and gloom aroundAre joyous Spring, with roses crownd. .Not Paradise to me were fairIf Tie were not a dweller there;Without his presence all is biit in his sight:. *( i f; X

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