Status Updates From Le mille e una notte

Many a lover his beloved tells
With his eyes’ language what is in his heart.
“I know what has befallen,” seems to say,
And with a glance he does his thoughts impart.
How lovely are the glances of the eyes,
How graceful are the eyes with passion fraught.
One with his looks a lover’s message writes,
Another with his eyes reads what his lover wrote.
- The Second Dervish’s Tale

Absolutely fantastic. Burton's footnotes are a treasure in and of themselves. I'll probably put this down shortly if the scene setting loses its magic a bit until I feel encouraged to return to Arabia.