Question the wandering winds and thou shalt know

That from the dusk until the dawn doth break,

My consolation is that still they blow

The perfume of thy curls across my cheek.

A dart from thy bent brows has wounded me—

Ah, come! my heart still waiteth helplessly,

Has waited ever, till thou heal its pain.

If seekers after rubies there were none,

Still to the dark mines where the gems had lain

Would pierce, as he was wont, the radiant sun,