<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=529203" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To Hafiz</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THOUGH gifts like thine the fates gave not to me,<br>One thing, O Hafiz, we both hold in fee—<br>Nay, it holds us; for when the June wind blows<br>We both are slaves and lovers to the rose.<br>In vain the pale Circassian lily shows <br>Her face at her green lattice, and in vain<br>The violet beckons, with unveilëd face—<br>The bosom’s white, the lip’s light purple stain,<br>These touch our liking, yet no passion stir.<br>But when the rose comes, Hafiz—in that place <br>Where she stands smiling, we kneel down to her!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Thomas+Bailey+Aldrich">Thomas Bailey Aldrich</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=529203" data-title="To Hafiz de Thomas Bailey Aldrich" data-description="THOUGH gifts like thine the fates gave not to me, One thing, O Hafiz, we both hold in fee— Nay, it holds us; for when the June wind blows We both are slaves and lovers to the rose. In vain the pale Circassian lily shows Her face at her green la..."></div> </div> </div>

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