That I may bargain, give me back the heart

Thy cruel fingers hold.

O heart desirous, in Love's perilous way

Thy journey take and in his paths abide,

And thou mayst find perchance, lest thou should stray,

Awaiting thee, a guide.

DAGH.

XIV.

O Weaver of Excuses, what to thee

Are all the promises that thou hast made,