SULEIMA TO HER LOVER
Reading edition
FROM THE TURKISH.
THOU reck'nest seven Heavens; I but one: And thou art it, Beloved! Voice and hand, And eye and mouth, are but the angel band Who minister around that highest throne— Thy godlike heart. And there I reign supreme, And choose, at will, the angel who I deem Will sing the sweetest, words I love to hear— That short, sweet song, whose echo clear Will last throughout eternity: "I love thee! How I love thee!"