The Vow
David Onkinerah
16th Century
I saw your figure in my dream, gazelle, flashing like lightning. It gave light to my darkened eyes, and I saw that your face was a model of the heavens. The sun and moon are set in it, the stars and planets are fixed there. And it holds sharp arrows and spears, burnished to pierce all hearts. It lit up my pitch-black night and pulled the stoppers…
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