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XV.Her eyebrows' arch with pencilled lines she builded,And touched each underlid with jetty dye,Drew the long lashes separate, and gildedHer flesh with palm-flow'r dust, to beautify The ambered satin of her nape and neck; And deftly with red henna did she deck
XVI.Her slender finger-tips; and washed with myrrhHer long black tresses, braiding them in stringsWhich, from the queenly gleaming crown of herSwung to her knees, banded with beads and rings: And, 'thwart her breasts—like lotus-blossoms blown— A purple, spangled, sindon hath she thrown.
XVII.Then she bade summon that fair Hebrew boy: Who came, with palms across his faint heart folded,
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