I. 24
“His Palace sparkling like the Angel domes
“Of Paradise; his garden like the bowers
“Of early Eden, and they shouted out,
“Great is the King, a God upon the earth!
“Of Paradise; his garden like the bowers
“Of early Eden, and they shouted out,
“Great is the King, a God upon the earth!
“Intoxicate with joy and pride,
“He heard their blasphemies;
“And in his wantonness of heart he bade
“The Prophet Houd be brought;
“And o’er the marble courts,
“And o’er the gorgeous rooms
“Glittering with gems and gold,
“He led the Man of God.
“Is not this a stately pile?”
Cried the Monarch in his joy.
“Hath ever eye beheld,
“Hath ever thought conceiv’d,
“Place more magnificent?
“Houd, they say that Heaven imparted
“To thy lips the words of wisdom!
“Look at the riches round,
“And value them aright,
“If so thy wisdom can.”
“He heard their blasphemies;
“And in his wantonness of heart he bade
“The Prophet Houd be brought;
“And o’er the marble courts,
“And o’er the gorgeous rooms
“Glittering with gems and gold,
“He led the Man of God.
“Is not this a stately pile?”
Cried the Monarch in his joy.
“Hath ever eye beheld,
“Hath ever thought conceiv’d,
“Place more magnificent?
“Houd, they say that Heaven imparted
“To thy lips the words of wisdom!
“Look at the riches round,
“And value them aright,
“If so thy wisdom can.”
