The Courtesan
I saw with the twinkling of an eye
The beauty who swept by
The by-and-by.
She radiated a genius of calm
To one’s vision –
She was perfection’s balm.
Oh, who could not love this delight to the sight?
She moved daylight
Into seduction’s right,
So bright was her countenance divine.
‘How’ thought the prince,
‘Can I make her mine?’
Such a question could bear no pose,
So he got the gardener to grow a rose
And inscribed in the heart of that bloom
Were gentle words that lifted the gloom.
He often kept thinking on life,
But she was a courtesan who could not become his wife.
How he worshipped at her shrine
Thinking, oh thinking ‘How can I make her mine?’
Into his heart a plan was born
And he named that rose ‘Peace’ in the light of morn.
So if you see a shadow move on the stage of day
Know that the courtesan will always hold the paramount piece
Of the prince’s way.
Sway yourself as calm as can be
Oh peace – you soothe the tragedy in her.
The Honest Courtesan -- Seema Gill
I saw with the twinkling of an eye
The beauty who swept by
The by-and-by.
She radiated a genius of calm
To one’s vision –
She was perfection’s balm.
Oh, who could not love this delight to the sight?
She moved daylight
Into seduction’s right,
So bright was her countenance divine.
‘How’ thought the prince,
‘Can I make her mine?’
Such a question could bear no pose,
So he got the gardener to grow a rose
And inscribed in the heart of that bloom
Were gentle words that lifted the gloom.
He often kept thinking on life,
But she was a courtesan who could not become his wife.
How he worshipped at her shrine
Thinking, oh thinking ‘How can I make her mine?’
Into his heart a plan was born
And he named that rose ‘Peace’ in the light of morn.
So if you see a shadow move on the stage of day
Know that the courtesan will always hold the paramount piece
Of the prince’s way.
Sway yourself as calm as can be
Oh peace – you soothe the tragedy in her.
The Honest Courtesan -- Seema Gill
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