And here, too, sleeps the stately King who planned
This splendor for his sorrow—Shah Jahan—
Twelve score years back Sultan of India,
Ruler august, and sire of Aurangzebe.
First a proud archway, reared of rosy stone
Banded with marble; and a frontal wall
Crowned by low cupolas. The demi-vault
Of entry towers aloft, framing huge space
Of azure heaven, broad-groined with span and rib
In marbles brown and white ; and, all the bands,
String-courses, cornices, range thick-inlaid
With scriptures from the Holy Book, tall scrolls
Writ in commanding Toghra—Alif, Lam,
Ghain, and their solemn sister characters,
Marching with step severe, and measured sweep,
Mim, Nun, and Waw and Sin, made ornaments
To deck the door, and issue doctrines true:
"No God save God! In name of God the One!"
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