| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Little Book of Modern Verse. 1917. |
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| 79. A Caravan from China Comes |
| | | By Richard Le Gallienne |
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| A CARAVAN from China comes; | |
| For miles it sweetens all the air | |
| With fragrant silks and dreaming gums, | |
| Attar and myrrh— | |
| A caravan from China comes. | 5 |
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| O merchant, tell me what you bring, | |
| With music sweet of camel bells; | |
| How long have you been travelling | |
| With these sweet smells? | |
| O merchant, tell me what you bring. | 10 |
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| A lovely lady is my freight, | |
| A lock escaped of her long hair,— | |
| That is this perfume delicate | |
| That fills the air— | |
| A lovely lady is my freight. | 15 |
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| Her face is from another land, | |
| I think she is no mortal maid,— | |
| Her beauty, like some ghostly hand, | |
| Makes me afraid; | |
| Her face is from another land. | 20 |
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| The little moon my cargo is, | |
| About her neck the Pleiades | |
| Clasp hands and sing; Hafiz, ’t is this | |
| Perfumes the breeze— | |
| The little moon my cargo is. | 25 |
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