• Paraphrased from the Persian by Edward Fitzgerald

    I.
    WAKE! for the Sun, who scattered into flight
    The Stars before him from the Field of Night,
      Drives Night along with them from Heaven, and strikes
    The Sultan’s Turret with a Shaft of Light.

    II.
    Before the phantom of False morning died,
    Methought a Voice within the Tavern cried,...