The foolish hasteneth to grief," he said,
Casting the cobble on Ben Ali's head:
"I am that beggar, and behold that stone."
Ben Ali on the morrow was restored
To the benignant presence of his lord,
And sending for the beggar, softly said:
"This is that stone."
The beggar bowed his head:
'"And this my head, which is among the lowly,
As thine is high, and God is just and holy,"