THE WINE OF ESCLARAMONDE
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
"Dwelt a queen in Nineveh
(Take my heart, Semiramis),
Fairer than the dawn of day
In the strength of summer is;
Falser than the Moon of May
Mirrored in the black abyss
Of the stream by Nineveh,
Where the bodies drift and sway
Of the lords who loved amiss,
Of the drowned who died for this—
Once to hold a queen at play,
Once her crimson mouth to kiss;
Tigris bears them to the bay,
Far away from Nineveh
(Take my heart, Semiramis)."