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/' THE QUEEN OF SHEBA CA1l1E RIDING THE Queen of Sheba came riding All veiled in purple vair, With emeralds on her fingers And jacinths in her hair.
Her camels were trapped 'with crimson, Her slaves were tricked in gold She rode across the desert Most lovely to behold.
With peacocks, gems and spices, With ape and almug tree, With cassia, myrrh and incense, With shawm and psaltery.
And through the gates of Zion Rode the Lady of the South, With eyes more calm and dreamy Than the music of her mouth.
Yet when she rode forth from Zion With all her splendid train, Her eyes were red for weeping, Her mouth was white with pain.
And she sang : ' The gold of Ophir With all 'I'arshish and Tyre, And the lily-work of Hiram Are candles of desire.
' What are the linen of Egypt And jewels of my shore, If Suleiman, King Suleiman, Beholds my face no more ?
' He prayeth aloft in his Temple, I reign upon my throne.
He dreameth of God's Majesty, I dream of him alone.
'He is surrounded with glory And spirits of the light.
I am a daughter of darkness, My soul is lost in night.
' Oh, would that he bore no sceptre, Would that he wore no crown, And would that he would bear me Far from this holy town.
' Oh, would that I were a dancer Within his golden fane- For then I could play before him And kiss his lips again.
The King was watching from his tower.