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the mysteries of devotion; let me forget the world, and by the world be forgotten, till the moment arrives in which the vale of eternity shall fall, and I shall be found at the bar of the Almighty." Mirza then bowed himself to the earth, and stood silent.
By the command of Abbas it is recorded, that at these words he trembled upon that throne, at the footstool o which the world pays homage: He looked round upon his nobles; but every countenance was pale, and every eye was upon the earth. No man opened his mouth: and the King first broke silence, after it had continued near an hour.
"Mirza, terror and doubt are come upon me: I am alarmed, as a man who suddenly perceives that he is near the brink of a precipice, and is urged forward by an irresistable force; but yet I know not whether my danger is a reality or a dream; I am as thou art a reptile on the earth: my life is a moment; and eternity, in which days, and years, and ages are nothing, eternity is before me, for which I should also prepare: But by whom then must the Faithful be
