Love

The Divan

by Richard Henry Stoddard 1825–1903

From An American Anthology, 1787–1900, ed. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)

Love

A little maid of Astrakan,
An idol on a silk divan;
She sits so still, and never speaks,
She holds a cup of mine;
'T is full of wine, and on her cheeks
Are stains and smears of wine.

Thou little girl of Astrakan,
I join thee on the silk divan:
There is no need to seek the land
The rich bazaars where rubies shine;
For mines are in that little hand,
And on those little cheeks of thine.

MLA

Stoddard, Richard Henry. “The Divan.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stoddard/27/.

Chicago

Stoddard, Richard Henry. “The Divan.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stoddard/27/.

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