Plague me not, Khalil, for their fault!

Kha. Oh, shame!

Thus breaks to-day on you, the mystic tribe

Who, flying the approach of Osman, bore

Our faith, a merest spark, from Syria's ridge,

Its birthplace, hither! "Let the sea divide

These hunters from their prey," you said; "and safe

In this dim islet's virgin solitude

Tend we our faith, the spark, till happier time

Fan it to fire; till Hakeem rise again,