• Near strange, weird temples, where the Ganges’ tide
    Bathes domed Lahore, I watched, by spice-trees fanned,
    Her agile form in some quaint saraband,
    A marvel of passionate chastity and pride.
    Nude to the loins, superb and leopard-eyed,
    With fragrant roses in her jewelled hand,
    Before some Kaât-drunk Rajah, mute and grand,
    Her flexile body...