Diary.

The Sultan revelled in the gay kiosque,

Where Ganges’ waters to the morning rolled,

Quaffing the snow-cool wine from cups of gold;

A humble Dervish prayed in the lone mosque—

“Prophet of God!” with fervor deep, he cried,

“Grant me a token that my prayer is heard!”

He raised his eye, and lo! a lovely bird

Upon a pillar’s marble crown he spied;

No fairer warbler, from the Swerga-bowers,