And what I did for her, I did--because

I did it. Far too proud to reap the thanks

I had not sown, from day to day I shunned

The maiden's sight. Her father was afar.

He comes, he hears, he seeks me, give me thanks;

Wishes that she might please me, and he talks

Of dawning prospects. Well, I hear it all,

I listen to him, go and see the maid--

O! such a maiden, Sultan. But, I blush.

SALADIN.