swifter than lightning, a mere sweetness need require <br />in Nerine sleep, a chariot drawn by Chardin's Desire <br />so deep as her gloss and newness shall last <br />why muse on Onyx that mellow had the past? <br /> <br />throw off thy Tracelium with glad disdain <br />and leave thy dishonest and worries behind <br />still round the romantic scene weaves her spells <br />for in this barren waste a dear Heart dwells <br /> <br />feel how City of Ayutthaya whose frenzied gaze <br />has asked in vain the Love's benignant rays <br />since this sacred scene an Eden empowered <br />at Fate's command the hurricane slumbered <br /> <br />go then ye warm-gleaming joys of a day! <br />calm will she bend me to Time's sparkle way <br />hark! she hear the wheels rolling <br />Adieu! ye peace once gently praising<br /><br />Ahmad Shiddiqi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ballad-10/
