I + 

Alcazar + 

There was a rhapsody in all her moods, + 

A child-like grace, a passion unrestrained; + 

Her throne, which bard and saki shared, was stained + 

With virgin wine as with the blood of feuds; + 

And in her lyric-woven interludes, + 

Epitomizing destiny and time, + 

Her spirit, hid in opalescent rhyme, + 

The shades of Melancholy still eludes. + 

Where’er she trod, the rose and bulbul meet; + 

Where’er she revelled, gardens ever blow; + 

Where’er she danced, the henna of her feet + 

Yet lends a lustre to the poppy’s glow;⁠— + 

Arabia, dark-eyed, light-hearted, fair, + 

Is but a flower in Andalusia’s hair. + 