’Tis long for sleep I vainly pray:

There comes no news from far away.


[1] Above the summit of Aragatz, the mountain that faces Ararat on the far side of the plain, a weird light is sometimes visible, traditionally called the Lamp of Saint Gregory the Illuminator. [↑]

THE NIGHTINGALE OF AVARAIR

By LEO ALISHAN

Whence comest thou, my moon, gentle and still,

Spreading thy light o’er meadow, vale, and hill,