Miscellaneous Poems, Speeches and Essays (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Miscellaneous Poems, Speeches and Essays Eastern and Naomi; A Story of the Wives of King Solomon. The king sat in his royal hall, His wives were gathered round him all; Deep was the dark of orient eyes, And some were blue as summer skies; And snow white necks and dimpled arms, Suggestive of still other charms, Shone under lamps of burnished gold, While amorous music softly rolled Voluptuous strains of melting love, That reached the cedar roof above. Sweet was the perfume on the air, And sweet the tints of beauty there. The raven tresses and the gold Fell down in many a plaited fold On ivory shoulders satin skin, And silken robes, so soft and thin, They did not hide, but half revealed The heavenly charms those robes concealed. The king gazed on, abstracted, mute, Nor music of the harp or lute, Nor silver laugh, nor love-lit eye Could rouse him from his revery. His gaze was fixed, his head was bowed, Upon his brow a gathering cloud, Defying even the kings control, Gave tokens of a troubled soul. A month ago the king had led Naomi to the nuptial bed; Latest and loveliest of them all Within that monarch´s regal hall; And Esther, once the favorite queen, Most honored of them all, had seen About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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