Come, Leila, fill the goblet up,
Reach round the rosy wine,
Think not that we will take the cup
From any hand but thine.
A draught like this 'twere vain to seek,
No grape can such supply;
It steals its tint from Leila's cheek,
Its brightness from her eye.
_Abd Alsalam Ben Ragban_.
[17] Abd Alsalam was a poet more remarkable for abilities than morality.
We may form an idea of the nature of his compositions from the
nickname he acquired amongst his contemporaries of Cock of the
Evil Genii. He died in the 236th year of the Hegira, aged near
eighty.