Moorish Literature / Comprising Romantic Ballads, Tales of the Berbers, Stories of the Kabyles, Folk-Lore, and National Traditions - Unknown

And then he wrote the letter to the darling Moorish slave,

And this is the tender message that royal Chico gave:

"Thy words have done me grievous wrong, for, lovely Mooress, couldst thou think

That he who loves thee more than life could e'er to such a treachery sink?

His life is naught without the thought that thou art happy in thy lot;

And while the red blood at his heart is beating thou art ne'er forgot!

Thou woundest me because thy heart mistrusts me as a fickle fool;

Thou dost not know when passion true has one apt pupil taken to school.