Ximenes, The wreath, and other poems / By J.W. Polidori.

  • John William Polidori
Date:
1819
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Credit: Ximenes, The wreath, and other poems / By J.W. Polidori. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I’d dare the treacherous deep, the battle’s roar, Would stand unmoved though with their angry eyes, Lions should glance and with wide open jaws Should wait with seeming joy to sieze their prey* Xi M. And wilt thou not be silent for the prize? Rin. Couldst thou Euphemia to my arms but promise, I would not ope my lips to blab of this, Though she herself should smiling ask it me, XiM. This eve, ere yon bright sun shall hide his Within the gilded sea—she shall be thine— [head Anselmo’s then to meet his love.—No more— If but my plan succeeds, we’ll meet again— I have a bark hard by, which waits my orders To hoist its sails and seek that happy clime, Where we the blissful days of youth enjoyed.— Get but some slaves to aid in seizing her— And she is thine.—Some few there may be found, Who liberty to gain, will more than friends— Will this content thy friendly honesty? Rin. Content, ask the wild Moor, if when aroused From sleep, he sees the royal tyger crouch Intent with sudden spring on him to leap— Ask him, if some bold ven’trous hand should lav
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