’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,