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178 DEPARTURE. 
PEA, SWEET. 
Lalhyrus Odoratus. 
Language —DEPARTURE. 
I must leave thee, lady sweet! 
Months shall waste before we meet; 
Winds are fair, and sails are spread, 
Anchors leave their ocean bed; 
Ere this shining day grow dark, 
Skies shall gird my shoreless bark ; 
Through thy tears, O lady mine, 
Read thy lover’s parting line. 
O. W. Holmes. 
Allah bless thee, gentle stranger, 
Through the desert’s path of danger, 
Save thee from the lightning’s glance, 
From the prowling robber’s lance, 
From the sandy column’s heap, 
From the fiery simoom’s sweep. 
Allah bless thee! 
Then fare thee well, and with thee bear 
The Arab’s wish, the Arab’s prayer. 
When the mosque its tower is rearing, 
O’er thy native fields appearing, 
When thy friends around thee press, 
And thy eldest born caress, 
And thy faithful Selia’s kiss 
Gives thy soul her sweetest bliss, 
Allah bless thee! 
The Arab then thy joys will share, 
Fulfilled his wish, fulfilled his prayer. Axos . 
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