The Arabian Shawl

 "It is cold outside, you will need a coat--
What! this old Arabian shawl!
Bind it about your head and throat,
These steps.
.
.
 it is dark.
.
.
 my hand.
.
.
 you
might fall.
"

What has happened? What strange, sweet charm
Lingers about the Arabian shawl.
.
.

Do not tremble so! There can be no harm
In just remembering--that is all.


"I love you so--I will be your wife,"
Here, in the dark of the Terrace wall,
Say it again.
 Let that other life
Fold us like the Arabian shawl.


"Do you remember?".
.
.
 "I quite forget,
Some childish foolishness, that is all,
To-night is the first time we have met.
.
.

Let me take off my Arabian shawl!"

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