Like Jinn. How oft the crown of gathered years,

The dazzling things for which men thank their work,

Are made by Woman's tears."

Tous shook his head and grunted, ceaselessly

The caravan limped onward to the Gulf.


XIII
THE PROMOTION OF THE SOLDIER

Serdar-i-Jang, the Wazir of the west,

Of all mankind had served his country best