Will look to see her love appear.
XLVII.
O! lady! Selim will not come—
Thou’lt never bid him “welcome home”—
With sick’ning pangs thou’lt weep apart,
Till hope forsakes thy fresh young heart;
And then, in silent agony,
That heart will break, and breaking, die!
FOOTNOTES
[17] In Turkish families the daughters are betrothed when quite young, and very often do not see their destined husbands.