One moment he is at her knee,
"So, Leila, wouldst thou weep for me ?”
Started she, as at lightning gleam,-
"O, Mirza, this I did not dream!
Moslem and Moor, may Spanish maid
Hearken such words as thou hast said?”. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

One moment he is at her knee, "So, Leila, wouldst thou weep for me ?” Started she, as at lightning gleam,- "O, Mirza, this I did not dream! Moslem and Moor, may Spanish maid Hearken such words as thou hast said?”.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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