STANZAS.
Reading edition
From the Turkish of Fezouli.
O Fezouli, the hour is near, Which bids thee from this world depart, And leave—what now thou hold’st so dear— The loves of thy too ardent heart.
Yet till that fated hour arrive, Be thy emprises, every one, If thou wouldst fain behold them thrive, In God’s Almighty name begun.