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POTIPHAR'S WIFE
XXII.
"The word I pine for, which shall pay for greatness?
Now may'st thou lift thy face, and answer sweet;
"We are as one! Quit shame, forsake sedateness!
Asenath wooes Lord Yûsuf:—that is meet!"
"Oh, Itfîr's wife!" he said, "meet would it be
I were made vulture's food, hearkening to thee!"
"The word I pine for, which shall pay for greatness?
Now may'st thou lift thy face, and answer sweet;
"We are as one! Quit shame, forsake sedateness!
Asenath wooes Lord Yûsuf:—that is meet!"
"Oh, Itfîr's wife!" he said, "meet would it be
I were made vulture's food, hearkening to thee!"
XXIII.
Then, through those chambers third and fourth she passed,
And to the fifth and sixth she led him on,
Bolting each door behind: 'till at the last,—
Laden with gifts of jade, and turkis-stone,
And robes, and torques—she brought Him to her bower,
Where 'twas her thought to put forth Love's last power.
Then, through those chambers third and fourth she passed,
And to the fifth and sixth she led him on,
Bolting each door behind: 'till at the last,—
Laden with gifts of jade, and turkis-stone,
And robes, and torques—she brought Him to her bower,
Where 'twas her thought to put forth Love's last power.
XXIV.
For all four walls with those light pictures burned,
Painted to life—lovers at play—and these
For all four walls with those light pictures burned,
Painted to life—lovers at play—and these
