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And is the warrior gone?—doth Zayda hear His parting footstep, and without a tear? Thou weep'st not, lofty maid!—yet who can tell What secret pangs within thy heart may dwell? They feel not least, the firm, the high in soul, Who best each feeling's agony control. Yes! we may judge the measure of the grief Which finds in Misery's eloquence relief; But who shall pierce those depths of silent woe, Whence breathes no language, whence no tears may flow? The pangs that many a noble breast hath proved, Scorning itself that thus it could be moved? He, He alone, the inmost heart who knows, Views all its weakness, pities all its throes, He who hath mercy when mankind contemn, Beholding anguish—all unknown to them.

Fair city! thou, that 'midst thy stately fanes And gilded minarets, towering o'er the plains, In eastern grandeur proudly dost arise Beneath thy canopy of deep-blue skies, While streams that bear thee treasures in their wave,15 Thy citron-groves and myrtle-gardens lave;