Day her sultry fires had wasted. Calm and sweet the moonlight rose. — Thomas Campbell · Skopia

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Day her sultry fires had wasted. Calm and sweet the moonlight rose.

Thomas Campbell

1800

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Campbell, Thomas. The Turkish Lady. c. 1840.

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