I. 25
“The Prophet heard his vaunt,
“And he answer’d him, with an aweful smile,
“O Shedad! only in the hour of death
“We learn to value things like these aright.”
“And he answer’d him, with an aweful smile,
“O Shedad! only in the hour of death
“We learn to value things like these aright.”
“Hast thou a fault to find
“In all thine eyes have seen?”
“Again the King exclaim’d.
“Yea!” said the man of God;
“The walls are weak, the building ill secur’d.
“Azrael can enter in!
“The Sarsar can pierce through,
“The Icy Wind of Death.”
“In all thine eyes have seen?”
“Again the King exclaim’d.
“Yea!” said the man of God;
“The walls are weak, the building ill secur’d.
“Azrael can enter in!
“The Sarsar can pierce through,
“The Icy Wind of Death.”
“I was beside the Monarch when he spake..
“Gentle the Prophet spake,
“But in his eye there dwelt
“A sorrow that disturb’d me while I gaz’d.
“The countenance of Shedad fell,
“And anger sat upon his paler lips.
“He to the high tower-top the Prophet led,
“And pointed to the multitude,
“And as again they shouted out,
“Gentle the Prophet spake,
“But in his eye there dwelt
“A sorrow that disturb’d me while I gaz’d.
“The countenance of Shedad fell,
“And anger sat upon his paler lips.
“He to the high tower-top the Prophet led,
“And pointed to the multitude,
“And as again they shouted out,
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