1. A letter came to me from a sovereign, penned in his own hand;

    how great the favor, and how feeble the thanks!

  2. And fingertips kept whispering to me what lay within her heart—

    fingertips that had traced magic with their pens.

  3. Indeed, I find death slow in coming whenever

    I remember her whom I cannot bring myself to mention.

  4. Then, when I had fully grasped the letter, I returned it

    to her, and sent not a single line in answer to it.

Sol 5.6