The rose garden of Persia . MYSTICAL , behold the fair !—agaiu Graze upon them as they their glances can explain Secrets hid from all first was sent to earthBut to give devotion birth;And Moasi gazes onTill his sense and rest are is sunk and given upTo those eyes, and to the cup. Since that radiant form passed by,Writhed, like twisted locks, Tliej^^And, like wheels that waters turn,Now I groan, and sigh, and am lost—so frail and weak!Vainly for myself I seek. In the east I saw a star,Which allured me from afar;And I gave my life to I per

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The rose garden of Persia . MYSTICAL , behold the fair !—agaiu Graze upon them as they their glances can explain Secrets hid from all first was sent to earthBut to give devotion birth;And Moasi gazes onTill his sense and rest are is sunk and given upTo those eyes, and to the cup. Since that radiant form passed by,Writhed, like twisted locks, Tliej^^And, like wheels that waters turn,Now I groan, and sigh, and am lost—so frail and weak!Vainly for myself I seek. In the east I saw a star,Which allured me from afar;And I gave my life to I perish in its blaze. ?\%^>! r*-^;- ,-:Y - fl ^^It-^- rrsx-^Ki-j]

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